Minchinabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Minchinabad in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MinchinabadPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Minchinabad plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Minchinabad 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, Minchinabad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.88 to 4.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Minchinabad ranked 6th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 14th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.25
Rank in Pakistan
109th of 292
Rank in Punjab
67th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Pakistan
14th of 292
Rank in Punjab
6th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MinchinabadMariborQianxian

While Maribor and Qianxian both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Minchinabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Maribor and Qianxian both became progressively more disconnected, while Minchinabad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Minchinabad had a more sprawly network than Maribor in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.