Farooqabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Farooqabad 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
FarooqabadPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Farooqabad plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Farooqabad followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Farooqabad's incremental SNDi fell from 3.98 to 3.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Farooqabad ranked 76th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 123rd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in Pakistan
76th of 292
Rank in Punjab
45th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in Pakistan
123rd of 292
Rank in Punjab
76th 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
FarooqabadHeilbronnFenyang

In new street additions, Farooqabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Heilbronn fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Fenyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Farooqabad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Heilbronn became progressively more disconnected and Fenyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.