Jalalpur Jattan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jalalpur Jattan plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Jalalpur Jattan was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Jalalpur Jattan's incremental SNDi rose from 4.65 to 6.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalalpur Jattan ranked 106th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 178th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Tulancingo, México
• Wilmington, United States
• Abudwak, Ethiopia
• Lubao, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Liuzhi, China
• Nazran, Russia

In new street additions, Jalalpur Jattan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Tulancingo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Lubao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jalalpur Jattan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Tulancingo became progressively more disconnected and Lubao fluctuated in connectivity. Jalalpur Jattan and Lubao have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.