Pashat in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pashat in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pashat plotted against Federally Administered Tribal Ar and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Pashat was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Pashat's incremental SNDi rose from 3.28 to 10.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pashat ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Federally Administered Tribal Ar and 287th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.16
- Rank in Pakistan
- 284th of 292
- Rank in Federally Administered Tribal Ar
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 9.57
- Rank in Pakistan
- 287th of 292
- Rank in Federally Administered Tribal Ar
- 8th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Oja Odan, Nigeria
- Coatepec, México
- Dawa, China
- الجبايش, Iraq
- Valaichchenai, Sri Lanka
- Nanga Pinoh, Indonesia
In new street additions, Pashat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Oja Odan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and الجبايش fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pashat became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Oja Odan became progressively more disconnected and الجبايش became progressively more connected. Pashat and Oja Odan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.