Bani Gala in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bani Gala in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bani Gala plotted against Islamabad and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bani Gala's incremental SNDi rose from 6.92 to 7.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bani Gala ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Islamabad and 271st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.63
- Rank in Pakistan
- 263rd of 292
- Rank in Islamabad
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 7.14
- Rank in Pakistan
- 271st of 292
- Rank in Islamabad
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Qaryat at Taliah, Iraq
- Jaysingpur, India
- Balanga, Philippines
- Stabat, Indonesia
- Gouripur, Bangladesh
- Alagoinhas, Brazil
In new street additions, Bani Gala and Qaryat at Taliah both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Stabat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bani Gala and Stabat both became progressively more disconnected, while Qaryat at Taliah fluctuated in connectivity. Bani Gala and Qaryat at Taliah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.