Kabirwala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kabirwala 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
KabirwalaPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kabirwala plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kabirwala 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, Kabirwala's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 3.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kabirwala ranked 58th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 94th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.95
Rank in Pakistan
84th of 292
Rank in Punjab
50th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in Pakistan
94th of 292
Rank in Punjab
58th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KabirwalaAmassomaFuguancun

In new street additions, Kabirwala and Amassoma both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fuguancun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kabirwala and Amassoma both became progressively more disconnected, while Fuguancun became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Kabirwala had a more connected network than Fuguancun in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.