Anghapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Anghapur plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Anghapur 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, Anghapur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.48 to 7.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anghapur ranked 55th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 276th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Asarama, Nigeria
• Tagaytay, Philippines
• Annemasse, France
• Banki, Nigeria
• Fengyang, China
• Nirmali, India

While Asarama and Banki both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Anghapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Asarama and Banki both fluctuated in connectivity, while Anghapur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Anghapur and Asarama have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.