Kot Addu 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 Kot Addu plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kot Addu 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, Kot Addu's incremental SNDi fell from 4.91 to 4.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kot Addu ranked 91st out of 146 cities in Punjab and 155th 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?

• Gaobeidian, China
• Xuwen, China
• Oral, Kazakhstan
• Sochi, Russia
• Krishnagiri, India
• Tando Allahyar, Pakistan

In new street additions, Kot Addu and Gaobeidian both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sochi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kot Addu and Sochi both became progressively more disconnected, while Gaobeidian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kot Addu and Gaobeidian have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.