Khar Bajaur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khar Bajaur in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khar BajaurFederally Administered Tribal Ar (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khar Bajaur plotted against Federally Administered Tribal Ar and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khar Bajaur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Khar Bajaur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.4 to 4.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khar Bajaur ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Federally Administered Tribal Ar and 158th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.15
Rank in Pakistan
102nd of 292
Rank in Federally Administered Tribal Ar
1st of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.18
Rank in Pakistan
158th of 292
Rank in Federally Administered Tribal Ar
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khar BajaurWuzhiSasolburg

While Wuzhi and Sasolburg both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Khar Bajaur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Khar Bajaur fluctuated in connectivity, while Wuzhi became progressively more disconnected and Sasolburg grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Khar Bajaur and Wuzhi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.