Kahuta in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kahuta in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kahuta plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kahuta's incremental SNDi rose from 5.13 to 6.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kahuta ranked 138th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 243rd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.47
- Rank in Pakistan
- 242nd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 140th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.58
- Rank in Pakistan
- 243rd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 138th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kahuta and Ruteng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ashmoun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kahuta fluctuated in connectivity, while Ashmoun became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Ruteng became progressively more disconnected. Kahuta and Ashmoun have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.