Sakhakot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sakhakot in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SakhakotKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sakhakot plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sakhakot's incremental SNDi rose from 4.92 to 8.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sakhakot ranked 44th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 257th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.34
Rank in Pakistan
271st of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
54th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.16
Rank in Pakistan
257th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
44th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SakhakotKetapangPurwodadi

In new street additions, Sakhakot and Purwodadi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ketapang built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sakhakot and Ketapang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.