Sahiwal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sahiwal in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SahiwalPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sahiwal plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sahiwal's incremental SNDi rose from 3.2 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.93

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.03

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SahiwalJiaozuoTulungagung

In new street additions, Sahiwal and Jiaozuo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tulungagung built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Sahiwal had a more connected network than Jiaozuo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.