Dina 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 Dina plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dina's incremental SNDi rose from 5.74 to 5.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dina ranked 140th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 246th 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?

• Shibpur, Bangladesh
• Xianju County, China
• Mandi Gobindgarh, India
• Elektrostal, Russia
• Caen, France
• Mairwa, India

In new street additions, Dina fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shibpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Elektrostal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Dina and Shibpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Elektrostal became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Dina and Shibpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.