Sakhi Sarwar 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 Sakhi Sarwar plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Sakhi Sarwar 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, Sakhi Sarwar's incremental SNDi fell from 6.82 to 4.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sakhi Sarwar ranked 126th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 218th 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?

• Ningling, China
• Puding, China
• Lins, Brazil
• Maluku, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Nyeri, Kenya
• Shikaripura, India

In new street additions, Sakhi Sarwar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ningling fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Maluku built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sakhi Sarwar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ningling fluctuated in connectivity and Maluku became progressively more disconnected.