Bucheki in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bucheki in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bucheki plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Bucheki followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Bucheki's incremental SNDi fell from 6.24 to 5.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bucheki ranked 144th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 269th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.83
- Rank in Pakistan
- 219th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 127th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.93
- Rank in Pakistan
- 269th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 144th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Baharestan, Iran
- Badah, Pakistan
- Barda, Azerbaijan
- Al Aras, Egypt
- Wardaga, Pakistan
- Sho'rchi, Uzbekistan
Bucheki, Baharestan, and Al Aras all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Bucheki and Baharestan both became progressively more connected, while Al Aras became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Bucheki and Baharestan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.