Pathankot in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pathankot in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pathankot plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pathankot rose steadily, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pathankot's incremental SNDi rose from 4.16 to 5.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pathankot ranked 32nd out of 41 cities in Punjab and 1133rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.19
- Rank in India
- 1107th of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 36th of 41
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.13
- Rank in India
- 1133rd of 1868
- Rank in Punjab
- 32nd of 41
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Pathankot and Daura both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nag Hammadi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Pathankot had a more connected network than Nag Hammadi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.