Ghazi 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 Ghazi plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ghazi was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Ghazi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.82 to 5.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghazi ranked 24th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 208th 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?

• Chandanpur, India
• Mineiros, Brazil
• Pleebo, Liberia
• Wenatchee, United States
• Sifawa, Nigeria
• Buran Gabarda, India

In new street additions, Ghazi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Chandanpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Wenatchee built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ghazi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Chandanpur fluctuated in connectivity and Wenatchee became progressively more disconnected. Ghazi and Wenatchee have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.