Timergara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Timergara in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TimergaraKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Timergara plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Timergara 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, Timergara's incremental SNDi rose from 4.91 to 6.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Timergara ranked 43rd out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 256th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.82
Rank in Pakistan
255th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
45th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.13
Rank in Pakistan
256th of 292
Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
43rd of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TimergaraNingdeConcord

In new street additions, Timergara built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ningde fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Concord built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Timergara and Concord both became progressively more disconnected, while Ningde fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Timergara had a more connected network than Ningde in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.