Haroonabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Haroonabad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Haroonabad plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Haroonabad 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, Haroonabad's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haroonabad ranked 13th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 26th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.46
- Rank in Pakistan
- 53rd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 31st of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.74
- Rank in Pakistan
- 26th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 13th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tiantai County, China
- Asassa, Ethiopia
- Haveli Lakha, Pakistan
- Seoni, India
- Shahrasti, Bangladesh
- Anpara, India
In new street additions, Haroonabad and Seoni both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tiantai County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Haroonabad and Seoni both became progressively more disconnected, while Tiantai County grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Haroonabad and Tiantai County have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.