Charsadda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Charsadda in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CharsaddaKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Charsadda plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Charsadda's incremental SNDi rose from 3.94 to 4.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Charsadda ranked 10th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 141st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.52
Rank in Pakistan
135th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
8th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.95
Rank in Pakistan
141st of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
10th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CharsaddaRewaMbandaka

While Rewa and Mbandaka both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Charsadda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Charsadda had a more sprawly network than Rewa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.