Rajanpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rajanpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajanpur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rajanpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.41 to 4.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajanpur ranked 80th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 131st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.73
- Rank in Pakistan
- 151st of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 96th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.83
- Rank in Pakistan
- 131st of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 80th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Long Khánh, Vietnam
- Valle de La Pascua, Venezuela
- Springfield, United States
- Huacho, Peru
- Akçaabat, Turkey
- Changfeng, China
In new street additions, Rajanpur and Huacho both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Long Khánh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Rajanpur and Huacho both fluctuated in connectivity, while Long Khánh became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Rajanpur had a more sprawly network than Long Khánh in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.