Jampur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jampur in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JampurPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jampur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Jampur peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Jampur's incremental SNDi fell from 3.69 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jampur ranked 54th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 87th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Pakistan
64th of 292
Rank in Punjab
36th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Pakistan
87th of 292
Rank in Punjab
54th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JampurGonbad-e QabusDafeng

In new street additions, Jampur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gonbad-e Qabus built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Dafeng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Jampur and Gonbad-e Qabus both became progressively more disconnected, while Dafeng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Jampur had a more connected network than Dafeng in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.