Serai Naurang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Serai Naurang in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Serai NaurangKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Serai Naurang plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Serai Naurang's incremental SNDi rose from 2.18 to 3.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Serai Naurang ranked 1st out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 9th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Pakistan
32nd of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
1st of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Pakistan
9th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
1st of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Serai NaurangShefaramDachepalli

In new street additions, Serai Naurang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shefaram built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dachepalli built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Shefaram and Dachepalli both became progressively more disconnected, while Serai Naurang fluctuated in connectivity. Serai Naurang and Dachepalli have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.