Wari in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wari in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wari plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Wari followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Wari ranked 61st out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 282nd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.81
- Rank in Pakistan
- 275th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 58th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.81
- Rank in Pakistan
- 282nd of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 61st 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, Wari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pakri built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Abilene built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Pakri and Abilene both became progressively more disconnected, while Wari fluctuated in connectivity.