Inam Kalay in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Inam Kalay in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Inam Kalay plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Inam Kalay was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Inam Kalay's incremental SNDi rose from 11.06 to 12.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Inam Kalay ranked 65th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 288th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 12.26
- Rank in Pakistan
- 289th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 66th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 9.66
- Rank in Pakistan
- 288th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 65th 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, Inam Kalay built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Dahura fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Uruk Esiet built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Inam Kalay became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Dahura fluctuated in connectivity and Uruk Esiet became progressively more disconnected. Inam Kalay and Dahura have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.