Bhalwal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bhalwal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhalwal plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Bhalwal 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, Bhalwal's incremental SNDi rose from 3.12 to 3.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhalwal ranked 5th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 13th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.13
- Rank in Pakistan
- 29th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 14th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.6
- Rank in Pakistan
- 13th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 5th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Manikganj, Bangladesh
- Sanhe, China
- Pandaul, India
- Ramagundam, India
- Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan
- Agbor, Nigeria
In new street additions, Bhalwal and Ramagundam both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Manikganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bhalwal and Manikganj have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.