Pindi Bhattian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pindi Bhattian in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pindi BhattianPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pindi Bhattian plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Pindi Bhattian 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, Pindi Bhattian's incremental SNDi fell from 3.15 to 3.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pindi Bhattian ranked 27th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 48th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Pakistan
31st of 292
Rank in Punjab
16th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in Pakistan
48th of 292
Rank in Punjab
27th of 146

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pindi BhattianRajouriMeishan

In new street additions, Pindi Bhattian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Rajouri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Meishan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pindi Bhattian became progressively more disconnected, while Rajouri fluctuated in connectivity and Meishan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Pindi Bhattian and Rajouri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.