Sambrial in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sambrial in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sambrial plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Sambrial 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, Sambrial's incremental SNDi rose from 4.65 to 4.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sambrial ranked 117th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 194th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.9
- Rank in Pakistan
- 160th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 102nd of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.52
- Rank in Pakistan
- 194th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 117th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Naugachia, India
- Darauli, India
- Blackpool, United Kingdom
- Songkhla, Thailand
- Santa Cruz, Philippines
- Galkayo, Somalia
Sambrial, Naugachia, and Songkhla all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.