Mingora in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mingora in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MingoraKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mingora plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Mingora 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, Mingora's incremental SNDi rose from 4.34 to 5.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mingora ranked 23rd out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 206th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.61
Rank in Pakistan
210th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
30th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.64
Rank in Pakistan
206th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
23rd of 67

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MingoraGanzhouEdmonton

In new street additions, Mingora built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ganzhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Edmonton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Mingora had a more connected network than Ganzhou in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.