Yar Hussain in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Yar Hussain in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yar Hussain plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Yar Hussain 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, Yar Hussain's incremental SNDi rose from 4.9 to 5.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yar Hussain ranked 19th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 195th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.45
- Rank in Pakistan
- 195th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 25th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.55
- Rank in Pakistan
- 195th of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 19th 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, Yar Hussain built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Gandhidham built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Gaoming fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Yar Hussain became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Gandhidham became progressively more disconnected and Gaoming fluctuated in connectivity. Yar Hussain and Gaoming have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.