Manga in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Manga in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manga plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Manga's incremental SNDi rose from 4.29 to 4.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manga ranked 109th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 181st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.48
- Rank in Pakistan
- 132nd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 83rd of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.37
- Rank in Pakistan
- 181st of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 109th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ipetumodu, Nigeria
- Bhagwanpur, India
- Curvelo, Brazil
- Dassa-Zoumé, Benin
- Fatih Sultan, Turkey
- Wundwin, Myanmar
In new street additions, Manga and Dassa-Zoumé both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ipetumodu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Manga and Ipetumodu both became progressively more disconnected, while Dassa-Zoumé fluctuated in connectivity. Manga and Ipetumodu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.