Mandi Bahauddin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mandi Bahauddin in context

3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mandi BahauddinPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mandi Bahauddin plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Mandi Bahauddin rose steadily, 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, Mandi Bahauddin's incremental SNDi rose from 4.43 to 5.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mandi Bahauddin ranked 110th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 182nd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.33
Rank in Pakistan
182nd of 292
Rank in Punjab
110th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.39
Rank in Pakistan
182nd of 292
Rank in Punjab
110th of 146

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mandi BahauddinTezpurIseyin

In new street additions, Mandi Bahauddin built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tezpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Iseyin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Mandi Bahauddin and Tezpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.