Kunjah 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 Kunjah plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kunjah's incremental SNDi rose from 4.34 to 6.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kunjah ranked 127th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 224th 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?

• Comalcalco, México
• Sidi Moussa, Algeria
• Isulan, Philippines
• Al Reheli, Saudi Arabia
• Nandagang Management Area, China
• Roudan, Iran

In new street additions, Kunjah and Comalcalco both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Reheli built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kunjah fluctuated in connectivity, while Comalcalco became progressively more disconnected and Al Reheli fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Kunjah had a more connected network than Al Reheli in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.