Khanke Mod in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khanke Mod plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khanke Mod 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, Khanke Mod's incremental SNDi rose from 5.47 to 6.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khanke Mod ranked 132nd out of 146 cities in Punjab and 234th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Athani, India
• Mianchi, China
• Jadcherla, India
• Al-Buraimi, Oman
• Longmen, China
• Khagrachhari, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Khanke Mod built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Athani fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Al-Buraimi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Khanke Mod became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Athani became progressively more disconnected and Al-Buraimi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Khanke Mod and Athani have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.