Sherpao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sherpao plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Sherpao was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Sherpao's incremental SNDi rose from 4.05 to 5.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sherpao ranked 16th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 183rd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Đăk Mil, Vietnam
• Umm al-Fahm, Israel
• Hinckley, United Kingdom
• Prokhladny, Russia
• Kafr Yasif, Israel
• Savalou, Benin

In new street additions, Sherpao built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Đăk Mil built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Prokhladny fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sherpao became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Đăk Mil became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Prokhladny became progressively more disconnected. Sherpao and Đăk Mil have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.