Chakdara 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 Chakdara plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Chakdara was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Chakdara's incremental SNDi rose from 4.44 to 4.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chakdara ranked 18th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 193rd 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?

• Jinxiang, China
• Tha Chang, Thailand
• Suifenhe, China
• Wuwei, China
• Kibet, Ethiopia
• Jinshang, China

In new street additions, Chakdara and Jinxiang both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Wuwei fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chakdara became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Jinxiang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Wuwei fluctuated in connectivity. Chakdara and Jinxiang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.