Ali Pur Chatha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ali Pur Chatha in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ali Pur ChathaPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ali Pur Chatha plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ali Pur Chatha peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Ali Pur Chatha's incremental SNDi fell from 5.02 to 4.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ali Pur Chatha ranked 89th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 153rd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.36
Rank in Pakistan
126th of 292
Rank in Punjab
77th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.1
Rank in Pakistan
153rd of 292
Rank in Punjab
89th 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
Ali Pur ChathaMohanganjBayonne

While Mohanganj and Bayonne both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ali Pur Chatha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ali Pur Chatha and Bayonne have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.