Wardaga in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wardaga in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wardaga plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Wardaga peaked 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, Wardaga's incremental SNDi fell from 6.51 to 5.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wardaga ranked 47th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 264th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.79
- Rank in Pakistan
- 217th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 33rd of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.57
- Rank in Pakistan
- 264th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 47th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Wardaga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Al Aras fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sho'rchi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Wardaga became progressively more connected, while Al Aras became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Sho'rchi became progressively more disconnected. Wardaga and Sho'rchi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.