Pacha Kalay in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pacha Kalay in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pacha KalayKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pacha Kalay plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Pacha Kalay 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, Pacha Kalay's incremental SNDi rose from 5.64 to 6.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pacha Kalay ranked 38th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 250th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.5
Rank in Pakistan
243rd of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
39th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.85
Rank in Pakistan
250th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
38th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pacha KalayDar BouazzaHoskote

In new street additions, Pacha Kalay built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dar Bouazza fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hoskote built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pacha Kalay became progressively more disconnected, while Dar Bouazza became progressively more connected and Hoskote became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Pacha Kalay and Dar Bouazza have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.