Pasrur 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 Pasrur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Pasrur 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, Pasrur's incremental SNDi fell from 5.38 to 5.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pasrur ranked 134th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 237th 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?

• Firozkoh, Afghanistan
• Man, Côte d'Ivoire
• Bizerte, Tunisia
• 大武口村, China
• Haiyan, China
• Sikandra Rao, India

In new street additions, Pasrur and Firozkoh both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while 大武口村 built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Pasrur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Firozkoh became progressively more connected and 大武口村 became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Pasrur had a more connected network than Firozkoh in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.