Amangarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Amangarh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Amangarh plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Amangarh rose steadily, 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, Amangarh's incremental SNDi rose from 4.58 to 5.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Amangarh ranked 15th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 165th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.42
- Rank in Pakistan
- 190th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 22nd of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.22
- Rank in Pakistan
- 165th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 15th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Amangarh and Tana Paser both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sahatwar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Amangarh and Tana Paser both became progressively more disconnected, while Sahatwar fluctuated in connectivity. Amangarh and Sahatwar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.