Garhi Habibullah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Garhi Habibullah in context

051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Garhi HabibullahKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Garhi Habibullah plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Garhi Habibullah's incremental SNDi rose from 5.07 to 16.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Garhi Habibullah ranked 49th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 266th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
16.79
Rank in Pakistan
291st of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
67th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.78
Rank in Pakistan
266th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
49th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Garhi HabibullahAl YaudiTrondheim

While Al Yaudi and Trondheim both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Garhi Habibullah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Al Yaudi and Trondheim both became progressively more disconnected, while Garhi Habibullah fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Garhi Habibullah had a more connected network than Al Yaudi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.