Jaranwala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jaranwala 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
JaranwalaPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jaranwala plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Jaranwala 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, Jaranwala's incremental SNDi fell from 3.87 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jaranwala ranked 40th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 68th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Pakistan
57th of 292
Rank in Punjab
32nd of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.26
Rank in Pakistan
68th of 292
Rank in Punjab
40th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JaranwalaBoMadhubani

While Bo and Madhubani both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jaranwala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Jaranwala and Bo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.