Jahanian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jahanian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jahanian plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jahanian's incremental SNDi rose from 3.27 to 5.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jahanian ranked 68th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 109th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.55
- Rank in Pakistan
- 203rd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 121st of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.55
- Rank in Pakistan
- 109th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 68th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Nilanga, India
- Shostka, Ukraine
- Wolfsburg, Germany
- Shibei, China
- Shencottai, India
- Kairouan, Tunisia
In new street additions, Jahanian and Nilanga both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shibei built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Jahanian and Shibei both became progressively more disconnected, while Nilanga fluctuated in connectivity. Jahanian and Shibei have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.