Muridke in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Muridke in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuridkePunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Muridke plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Muridke peaked 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, Muridke's incremental SNDi fell from 4.76 to 4.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muridke ranked 123rd out of 146 cities in Punjab and 207th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.72
Rank in Pakistan
149th of 292
Rank in Punjab
94th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.67
Rank in Pakistan
207th of 292
Rank in Punjab
123rd of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuridkeBeedHolguin

In new street additions, Muridke built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Beed built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Holguín built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.