Loralai 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 Loralai plotted against Balochistan and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Loralai peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Balochistan which rose steadily and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Loralai's incremental SNDi fell from 5.26 to 4.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Loralai ranked 12th out of 19 cities in Balochistan and 140th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Palencia, Spain
• Bhandaria, Bangladesh
• Thun, Switzerland
• Ning'er, China
• Yi'an, China
• Mahmoudiyah, Iraq

In new street additions, Loralai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Palencia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ning'er fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Loralai became progressively more disconnected, while Palencia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ning'er grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Loralai and Palencia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.