Kotla Arab Ali Khan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kotla Arab Ali Khan in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kotla Arab Ali KhanPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kotla Arab Ali Khan plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kotla Arab Ali Khan 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, Kotla Arab Ali Khan's incremental SNDi rose from 6.04 to 6.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kotla Arab Ali Khan ranked 141st out of 146 cities in Punjab and 255th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.44
Rank in Pakistan
239th of 292
Rank in Punjab
138th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.12
Rank in Pakistan
255th of 292
Rank in Punjab
141st of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kotla Arab Ali KhanBaraki RijanMehidpur

In new street additions, Kotla Arab Ali Khan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Baraki Rijan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mehidpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kotla Arab Ali Khan and Baraki Rijan both became progressively more disconnected, while Mehidpur became progressively more connected. Kotla Arab Ali Khan and Baraki Rijan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.