Narowal in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Narowal in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narowal plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Narowal rose steadily, 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, Narowal's incremental SNDi rose from 5.22 to 5.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narowal ranked 130th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 232nd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.33
- Rank in Pakistan
- 183rd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 111th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.19
- Rank in Pakistan
- 232nd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 130th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dhaulpur, India
- Białystok, Poland
- Wakefield, United Kingdom
- Gandhidham, India
- Yar Hussain, Pakistan
- Gaoming, China
In new street additions, Narowal and Gandhidham both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dhaulpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Narowal and Dhaulpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.