Ali Khel in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ali Khel in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ali Khel plotted against Federally Administered Tribal Ar and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ali Khel was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Federally Administered Tribal Ar which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ali Khel's incremental SNDi rose from 8.41 to 11.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ali Khel ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Federally Administered Tribal Ar and 286th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 11.27
- Rank in Pakistan
- 288th of 292
- Rank in Federally Administered Tribal Ar
- 8th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 9.4
- Rank in Pakistan
- 286th of 292
- Rank in Federally Administered Tribal Ar
- 7th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ali Khel built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Rustam built increasingly connected streets over time and Gasa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Rustam and Gasa both fluctuated in connectivity, while Ali Khel became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ali Khel and Rustam have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.