Khanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khanpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khanpur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khanpur 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, Khanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.72 to 5.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khanpur ranked 119th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 199th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.32
- Rank in Pakistan
- 181st of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 109th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.58
- Rank in Pakistan
- 199th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 119th 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, Khanpur and Jowhar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Toyama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Khanpur and Toyama have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.