Raiwind in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Raiwind in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Raiwind plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Raiwind 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, Raiwind's incremental SNDi rose from 4.44 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Raiwind ranked 105th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 177th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.58
- Rank in Pakistan
- 138th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 86th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.29
- Rank in Pakistan
- 177th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 105th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sosnowiec, Poland
- Jizzakh, Uzbekistan
- Jamalpur, Bangladesh
- London, Canada
- Dashiqiao, China
- Iligan, Philippines
In new street additions, Raiwind and Sosnowiec both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while London built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.