Nowshera in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nowshera 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
NowsheraKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nowshera plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nowshera's incremental SNDi rose from 4.93 to 5.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nowshera ranked 28th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 219th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.56
Rank in Pakistan
205th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
28th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.93
Rank in Pakistan
219th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
28th 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
NowsheraNsukkaHsinchu

While Nsukka and Hsinchu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Nowshera fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.