Liaquatpur 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 Liaquatpur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Liaquatpur was at its lowest 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, Liaquatpur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Liaquatpur ranked 20th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 38th 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?

• Barhiya, India
• Adet, Ethiopia
• Baneshwar, Bangladesh
• Khemis Miliana, Algeria
• Fatsa, Turkey
• Piprarhi, India

In new street additions, Liaquatpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Barhiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Khemis Miliana built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Liaquatpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Barhiya became progressively more disconnected and Khemis Miliana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Liaquatpur had a more sprawly network than Barhiya in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.