Hafizabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hafizabad in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HafizabadPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hafizabad plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Hafizabad 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, Hafizabad's incremental SNDi rose from 4.04 to 4.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hafizabad ranked 82nd out of 146 cities in Punjab and 133rd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.92
Rank in Pakistan
161st of 292
Rank in Punjab
103rd of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in Pakistan
133rd of 292
Rank in Punjab
82nd of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HafizabadShuyangAlbuquerque

In new street additions, Hafizabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shuyang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Albuquerque built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Hafizabad and Albuquerque both became progressively more disconnected, while Shuyang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Hafizabad and Shuyang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.