Takht Bhai in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Takht Bhai in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Takht Bhai plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Takht Bhai's incremental SNDi rose from 6.68 to 7.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Takht Bhai ranked 48th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 265th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.67
- Rank in Pakistan
- 265th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 49th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.7
- Rank in Pakistan
- 265th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 48th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil
- Bayuquan, China
- Xianning, China
- Wonosobo, Indonesia
- Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Najibabad, India
In new street additions, Takht Bhai and Campos dos Goytacazes both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wonosobo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.