Feroze Wattwan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Feroze Wattwan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Feroze Wattwan plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Feroze Wattwan peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Feroze Wattwan's incremental SNDi fell from 6.92 to 5.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Feroze Wattwan ranked 135th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 239th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.49
- Rank in Pakistan
- 197th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 118th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.41
- Rank in Pakistan
- 239th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 135th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Feroze Wattwan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Qianwei fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Abnud built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Feroze Wattwan and Abnud both became progressively more disconnected, while Qianwei fluctuated in connectivity. Feroze Wattwan and Qianwei have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.