Lalamusa 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 Lalamusa plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Lalamusa 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, Lalamusa's incremental SNDi fell from 5.76 to 5.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lalamusa ranked 125th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 212th 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?

• Mouping, China
• Shaodong, China
• Gongzhuling, China
• Jintang, China
• Zonguldak, Turkey
• Baraiyarhat, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Lalamusa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mouping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jintang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Lalamusa and Mouping have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.