More Khunda 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 More Khunda plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in More Khunda 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, More Khunda's incremental SNDi rose from 4.9 to 6.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, More Khunda ranked 120th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 200th 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?

• Minhe, China
• Kedawang, Indonesia
• Dori, Burkina Faso
• Jatoi, Pakistan
• Parcona, Peru
• Ribeirão das Neves, Brazil

In new street additions, More Khunda and Jatoi both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Minhe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, More Khunda and Jatoi both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Minhe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. More Khunda and Minhe have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.