Peshawar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Peshawar 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
PeshawarKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Peshawar plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Peshawar 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, Peshawar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.47 to 4.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Peshawar ranked 7th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 135th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.79
Rank in Pakistan
153rd of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
11th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.91
Rank in Pakistan
135th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
7th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PeshawarWashingtonKumasi

In new street additions, Peshawar and Kumasi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Washington built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Peshawar and Washington have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.