Chawinda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chawinda plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Chawinda 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, Chawinda's incremental SNDi rose from 4.39 to 5.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chawinda ranked 121st out of 146 cities in Punjab and 201st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Abaji, Nigeria
• Sela Kui, India
• James Town, Nigeria
• Almalyk, Uzbekistan
• Chapadinha, Brazil
• Carazinho, Brazil

In new street additions, Chawinda built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Abaji built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Almalyk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chawinda and Almalyk both became progressively more disconnected, while Abaji became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Chawinda and Abaji have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.