Dunyapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dunyapur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dunyapur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Dunyapur 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, Dunyapur's incremental SNDi rose from 12.1 to 12.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dunyapur ranked 146th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 292nd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 12.37
- Rank in Pakistan
- 290th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 146th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 11.89
- Rank in Pakistan
- 292nd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 146th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Paikar, India
- Nookat, Kyrgyzstan
- Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
- Trinidad, Cuba
- Bowang, China
- Mehrabpur, Pakistan
In new street additions, Dunyapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Paikar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Trinidad built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Dunyapur and Trinidad both became progressively more disconnected, while Paikar became progressively more connected. Dunyapur and Paikar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.