Hasilpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hasilpur in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HasilpurPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hasilpur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Hasilpur 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, Hasilpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.92 to 6.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hasilpur ranked 112th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 188th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.03
Rank in Pakistan
224th of 292
Rank in Punjab
131st of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.43
Rank in Pakistan
188th of 292
Rank in Punjab
112th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HasilpurAlor SetarTerrassa

In new street additions, Hasilpur and Terrassa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Alor Setar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Hasilpur and Alor Setar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.