Muzaffargarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Muzaffargarh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Muzaffargarh plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Muzaffargarh peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Muzaffargarh's incremental SNDi fell from 5.51 to 4.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muzaffargarh ranked 122nd out of 146 cities in Punjab and 203rd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.8
- Rank in Pakistan
- 154th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 98th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in Pakistan
- 203rd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 122nd of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tongling, China
- Gemena, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Pakpattan, Pakistan
- Caxias do Sul, Brazil
- Feni, Bangladesh
- Djelfa, Algeria
In new street additions, Muzaffargarh built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tongling fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Caxias do Sul built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Tongling and Caxias do Sul both became progressively more disconnected, while Muzaffargarh grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Muzaffargarh and Tongling have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.