Charbagh 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 Charbagh plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Charbagh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Charbagh's incremental SNDi fell from 9.64 to 9.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Charbagh ranked 66th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 289th 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?

• Botshabelo-N, South Africa
• Guangde, China
• Escuintla, Guatemala
• Las Anod, Somalia
• Lvsigang, China
• Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

In new street additions, Charbagh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Botshabelo-N built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Las Anod built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Charbagh became progressively more connected, while Botshabelo-N grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Las Anod became progressively more disconnected.