Piplan 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 Piplan plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Piplan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Piplan's incremental SNDi fell from 3.51 to 1.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Piplan ranked 67th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 108th 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?

• Newmarket, Canada
• Mudon, Myanmar
• Deeg, India
• Diễn Châu, Vietnam
• Merced, United States
• Taean, North Korea

In new street additions, Piplan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Newmarket built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Diễn Châu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Piplan became progressively more connected, while Newmarket became progressively more disconnected and Diễn Châu fluctuated in connectivity. Piplan and Newmarket have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.