Mailsi 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 Mailsi plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Mailsi 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, Mailsi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 3.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mailsi ranked 21st out of 146 cities in Punjab and 40th 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?

• Kasongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Dalad, China
• City of Loja, Ecuador
• Zhuozhou, China
• Kaspiysk, Russia
• Qaem Shahr, Iran

In new street additions, Mailsi and Kasongo both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Zhuozhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mailsi and Kasongo both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Zhuozhou became progressively more disconnected. Mailsi and Kasongo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.