Baffa 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 Baffa plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Baffa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Baffa's incremental SNDi fell from 9.68 to 9.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baffa ranked 64th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 285th 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?

• Haojiang, China
• Bindki, India
• Gafargaon, Bangladesh
• Koblenz, Germany
• Enschede, Netherlands
• Muş, Turkey

In new street additions, Baffa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Haojiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Koblenz built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Baffa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Haojiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Koblenz became progressively more disconnected.