Kamoke in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kamoke in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kamoke plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kamoke was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Kamoke's incremental SNDi rose from 6.32 to 6.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kamoke ranked 143rd out of 146 cities in Punjab and 260th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.72
- Rank in Pakistan
- 251st of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 142nd of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.42
- Rank in Pakistan
- 260th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 143rd 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, Kamoke built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Khurja fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Faqous built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kamoke became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Khurja fluctuated in connectivity and Faqous became progressively more disconnected.