Muhammad Khel in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Muhammad Khel in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Muhammad KhelFederally 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 Muhammad Khel plotted against Federally Administered Tribal Ar and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Muhammad Khel rose steadily, 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, Muhammad Khel's incremental SNDi rose from 6.27 to 7.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muhammad Khel ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Federally Administered Tribal Ar and 261st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.55
Rank in Pakistan
261st of 292
Rank in Federally Administered Tribal Ar
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.43
Rank in Pakistan
261st of 292
Rank in Federally Administered Tribal Ar
4th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Muhammad KhelMultaiCleveland

Muhammad Khel, Multai, and Cleveland all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Muhammad Khel had a more connected network than Cleveland in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.