Jhelum in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jhelum in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jhelum plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Jhelum 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, Jhelum's incremental SNDi rose from 4.76 to 5.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jhelum ranked 102nd out of 146 cities in Punjab and 174th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.34
- Rank in Pakistan
- 184th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 112th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.28
- Rank in Pakistan
- 174th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 102nd of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Albuquerque, United States
- Hafizabad, Pakistan
- Shuyang, China
- Vinnytsia, Ukraine
- Tula, Russia
- Numazu, Japan
In new street additions, Jhelum and Vinnytsia both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Albuquerque built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Jhelum and Albuquerque have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.