Jalalabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jalalabad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jalalabad plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jalalabad rose steadily, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jalalabad's incremental SNDi rose from 3.65 to 4.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalalabad ranked 14th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 603rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.2
- Rank in India
- 675th of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 24th of 41
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.25
- Rank in India
- 603rd of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 14th of 41
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Fukang, China
- Anthoor, India
- Warisaliganj, India
- Aungpan, Myanmar
- Sujanagar, Bangladesh
- Kersa, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Jalalabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fukang built increasingly connected streets over time and Aungpan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jalalabad and Aungpan both became progressively more disconnected, while Fukang became progressively more connected. Notably, Jalalabad had a more connected network than Fukang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.