Ghakhar Mandi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ghakhar Mandi in context

2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ghakhar MandiPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ghakhar Mandi plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ghakhar Mandi 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, Ghakhar Mandi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.72 to 5.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghakhar Mandi ranked 118th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 198th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.49
Rank in Pakistan
199th of 292
Rank in Punjab
119th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.57
Rank in Pakistan
198th of 292
Rank in Punjab
118th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ghakhar MandiMendiEdirne

In new street additions, Ghakhar Mandi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mendi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Edirne built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ghakhar Mandi and Edirne have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.