Garhi Kapoora in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Garhi Kapoora in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Garhi Kapoora plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Garhi Kapoora 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, Garhi Kapoora's incremental SNDi fell from 5.05 to 4.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Garhi Kapoora ranked 17th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 185th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.08
- Rank in Pakistan
- 94th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 4th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.41
- Rank in Pakistan
- 185th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 17th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Garhi Kapoora fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rajgan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Xiji built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Garhi Kapoora fluctuated in connectivity, while Rajgan fluctuated in connectivity and Xiji became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Garhi Kapoora and Rajgan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.