Faisalabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Faisalabad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Faisalabad plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Faisalabad 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, Faisalabad's incremental SNDi rose from 3.65 to 4.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Faisalabad ranked 22nd out of 146 cities in Punjab and 41st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.39
- Rank in Pakistan
- 128th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 79th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.94
- Rank in Pakistan
- 41st of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 22nd of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Harbin, China
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Kanpur, India
- Guadalajara, México
- Onitsha, Nigeria
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil
In new street additions, Faisalabad and Guadalajara both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Harbin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Faisalabad had a more connected network than Harbin in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.