Khwazakhela 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 Khwazakhela plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khwazakhela 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, Khwazakhela's incremental SNDi fell from 8.79 to 8.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khwazakhela ranked 60th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 281st 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?

• Uttaradit, Thailand
• Mousani, India
• Daund, India
• Votuporanga, Brazil
• Lewe, Myanmar
• Longxu, China

While Uttaradit and Votuporanga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Khwazakhela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Uttaradit and Votuporanga both became progressively more disconnected, while Khwazakhela fluctuated in connectivity. Khwazakhela and Uttaradit have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.