Rattangarh Kanakwal 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 Rattangarh Kanakwal plotted against Punjab and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rattangarh Kanakwal followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Punjab which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rattangarh Kanakwal's incremental SNDi fell from 6.96 to 5.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rattangarh Kanakwal ranked 40th out of 41 cities in Punjab and 1699th 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?

• Karak, Pakistan
• Venkatagiri, India
• Abhaipur, India
• Lelystad, Netherlands
• Zomba, Malawi
• Arcoverde, Brazil

In new street additions, Rattangarh Kanakwal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Karak fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lelystad built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Karak and Lelystad both became progressively more disconnected, while Rattangarh Kanakwal fluctuated in connectivity. Rattangarh Kanakwal and Karak have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.