Jhang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jhang 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
JhangPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jhang plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Jhang rose steadily, 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, Jhang's incremental SNDi rose from 4.39 to 4.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jhang ranked 53rd out of 146 cities in Punjab and 86th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.39
Rank in Pakistan
130th of 292
Rank in Punjab
81st of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in Pakistan
86th of 292
Rank in Punjab
53rd of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JhangDamiettaJiamusi

In new street additions, Jhang built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Damietta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jiamusi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Jhang and Jiamusi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.