Jalalpur Pirwala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jalalpur Pirwala in context

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jalalpur PirwalaPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jalalpur Pirwala plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jalalpur Pirwala's incremental SNDi rose from 2.28 to 2.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalalpur Pirwala ranked 9th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 21st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.89
Rank in Pakistan
21st of 292
Rank in Punjab
10th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Pakistan
21st of 292
Rank in Punjab
9th 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
Jalalpur PirwalaPontefractMiaoli

In new street additions, Jalalpur Pirwala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pontefract built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Miaoli built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Pontefract and Miaoli both became progressively more disconnected, while Jalalpur Pirwala fluctuated in connectivity. Jalalpur Pirwala and Miaoli have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.