Fort Abbas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fort Abbas in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fort AbbasPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fort Abbas plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Fort Abbas 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, Fort Abbas's incremental SNDi fell from 3.73 to 3.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fort Abbas ranked 15th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 31st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in Pakistan
49th of 292
Rank in Punjab
28th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Pakistan
31st of 292
Rank in Punjab
15th of 146

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fort AbbasYendiKutum

In new street additions, Fort Abbas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yendi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kutum fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Fort Abbas became progressively more disconnected, while Yendi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Kutum fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Fort Abbas had a more connected network than Yendi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.