Dinga 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 Dinga plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Dinga was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Dinga's incremental SNDi rose from 4.27 to 6.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dinga ranked 97th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 166th 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?

• Yanbarau, Nigeria
• Tiruttani, India
• Tohana, India
• Pengshan, China
• Xinhe, China
• Nandura, India

In new street additions, Dinga built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Yanbarau built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Pengshan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Dinga became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Yanbarau became progressively more disconnected and Pengshan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Dinga had a more sprawly network than Pengshan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.