Bahawalpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bahawalpur in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BahawalpurPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bahawalpur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Bahawalpur 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, Bahawalpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.31 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bahawalpur ranked 78th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 127th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.83
Rank in Pakistan
157th of 292
Rank in Punjab
99th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.79
Rank in Pakistan
127th of 292
Rank in Punjab
78th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BahawalpurGeorge TownMirzapur

In new street additions, Bahawalpur and George Town both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mirzapur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bahawalpur and George Town have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.