Barnala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barnala plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barnala peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barnala's incremental SNDi fell from 4.05 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barnala ranked 28th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 922nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Layyah, Pakistan
• Hancheng, China
• Laghouat, Algeria
• Shahdadkot, Pakistan
• Mandsaur, India
• Arapiraca, Brazil

In new street additions, Barnala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Layyah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Shahdadkot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Barnala grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Layyah grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Shahdadkot fluctuated in connectivity. Barnala and Layyah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.