Akhorwal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Akhorwal in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AkhorwalKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akhorwal plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Akhorwal was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Akhorwal's incremental SNDi rose from 3.15 to 8.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akhorwal ranked 67th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 291st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.71
Rank in Pakistan
274th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
57th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
10.8
Rank in Pakistan
291st of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
67th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AkhorwalHejieFuladshahr

In new street additions, Akhorwal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Hejie fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Fuladshahr fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Akhorwal became progressively more connected, while Hejie fluctuated in connectivity and Fuladshahr fluctuated in connectivity.