Alipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Alipur in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlipurPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Alipur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Alipur rose steadily, compared to Punjab which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Alipur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.49 to 4.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Alipur ranked 45th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 75th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.39
Rank in Pakistan
129th of 292
Rank in Punjab
80th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in Pakistan
75th of 292
Rank in Punjab
45th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AlipurOuahigouyaSan Fernando

In new street additions, Alipur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ouahigouya built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and San Fernando built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Alipur became progressively more disconnected, while Ouahigouya became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and San Fernando grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Alipur and Ouahigouya have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.