Batkhela 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 Batkhela plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Batkhela 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, Batkhela's incremental SNDi rose from 4.07 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Batkhela ranked 25th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 213th 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?

• Dingshu, China
• Jongju, North Korea
• Saint-Étienne, France
• Swindon, United Kingdom
• Pingyi, China
• Tongliang, China

In new street additions, Batkhela built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Dingshu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Swindon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Batkhela became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Dingshu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Swindon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Batkhela and Dingshu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.