Kot Radha Kishan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kot Radha Kishan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kot Radha Kishan plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kot Radha Kishan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.17 to 4.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kot Radha Kishan ranked 44th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 74th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.29
- Rank in Pakistan
- 114th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 70th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.33
- Rank in Pakistan
- 74th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 44th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, China
- Mutum Biyu, Nigeria
- Parkonch, India
- Riberalta, Bolivia
- Yonan, North Korea
- Beitian, China
In new street additions, Kot Radha Kishan and Riberalta both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Benxi Manchu Autonomous County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kot Radha Kishan and Benxi Manchu Autonomous County both became progressively more disconnected, while Riberalta fluctuated in connectivity. Kot Radha Kishan and Benxi Manchu Autonomous County have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.