Haripur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Haripur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Haripur plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Haripur rose steadily, 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, Haripur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.47 to 4.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haripur ranked 3rd out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 106th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.95
- Rank in Pakistan
- 164th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 12th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.52
- Rank in Pakistan
- 106th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 3rd of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Navsari, India
- Haicheng, China
- Huangyan District, China
- Shuyang, China
- Hafizabad, Pakistan
- Albuquerque, United States
In new street additions, Haripur and Navsari both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shuyang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Haripur and Navsari both became progressively more disconnected, while Shuyang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Haripur and Navsari have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.