Lal Qilla in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lal Qilla in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lal Qilla plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Lal Qilla followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Lal Qilla's incremental SNDi rose from 5.97 to 6.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lal Qilla ranked 39th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 251st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.27
- Rank in Pakistan
- 236th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 36th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.94
- Rank in Pakistan
- 251st of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 39th 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, Lal Qilla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while M'Rirt built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Bełchatów built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Lal Qilla fluctuated in connectivity, while M'Rirt became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Bełchatów became progressively more disconnected. Lal Qilla and M'Rirt have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.