Mansehra 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 Mansehra plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Mansehra 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, Mansehra's incremental SNDi rose from 6.42 to 9.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mansehra ranked 46th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 262nd 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?

• Shibin Al-Kom, Egypt
• 市中区, China
• Malatya, Turkey
• Cusco, Peru
• Thanjavur, India
• Jaynagar Majilpur, India

In new street additions, Mansehra and Shibin Al-Kom both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cusco built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Shibin Al-Kom and Cusco both became progressively more disconnected, while Mansehra became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Mansehra and Cusco have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.