Pokhara 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 Pokhara plotted against West and Nepal. The SNDi of new construction in Pokhara was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to West which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Nepal which rose steadily. Most recently, Pokhara's incremental SNDi rose from 3.62 to 5.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pokhara ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in West and 16th out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Miluo, China
• Balotra, India
• Moundou, Chad
• Chakan, India
• Songyuan, China
• Qena, Egypt

In new street additions, Pokhara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Miluo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Chakan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pokhara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Miluo fluctuated in connectivity and Chakan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Pokhara and Miluo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.