Hub in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Hub in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hub plotted against Balochistan and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Hub rose steadily, compared to Balochistan which rose steadily and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Hub's incremental SNDi rose from 4.51 to 5.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hub ranked 17th out of 19 cities in Balochistan and 171st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.57
- Rank in Pakistan
- 209th of 292
- Rank in Balochistan
- 16th of 19
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.26
- Rank in Pakistan
- 171st of 292
- Rank in Balochistan
- 17th of 19
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Laoting, China
- Kabondo-Dianda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Huntfield Heights, Australia
- Hodal, India
- Bah, India
- Wuyuan, China
In new street additions, Hub built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Laoting fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hodal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Hub and Hodal both became progressively more disconnected, while Laoting fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Hub had a more sprawly network than Hodal in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.