Kasur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kasur in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KasurPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kasur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kasur peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Kasur's incremental SNDi fell from 4.74 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kasur ranked 115th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 191st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.58
Rank in Pakistan
139th of 292
Rank in Punjab
87th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.47
Rank in Pakistan
191st of 292
Rank in Punjab
115th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KasurReynosaTampico

While Reynosa and Tampico both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Kasur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.