Depalpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Depalpur 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
DepalpurPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Depalpur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Depalpur 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, Depalpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.38 to 3.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Depalpur ranked 49th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 80th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in Pakistan
79th of 292
Rank in Punjab
48th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in Pakistan
80th of 292
Rank in Punjab
49th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DepalpurOnneHotan

In new street additions, Depalpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Onne built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Hotan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Depalpur had a more sprawly network than Onne in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.