Qasba Gujrat 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 Qasba Gujrat plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Qasba Gujrat 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, Qasba Gujrat's incremental SNDi fell from 4.39 to 4.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qasba Gujrat ranked 99th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 170th 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?

• Huachuan, China
• Catarman, Philippines
• Machhlishahr, India
• Fatick, Senegal
• Manacapuru, Brazil
• Tamiya, Egypt

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