Samundri in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Samundri in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Samundri plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Samundri 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, Samundri's incremental SNDi fell from 3.42 to 3.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Samundri ranked 7th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 17th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.22
- Rank in Pakistan
- 35th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 19th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.65
- Rank in Pakistan
- 17th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 7th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Situbondo, Indonesia
- San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina
- Jega, Nigeria
- Nanbu, China
- Marugame, Japan
- Tinsukia, India
In new street additions, Samundri built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Situbondo built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Nanbu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Samundri and Situbondo both became progressively more disconnected, while Nanbu fluctuated in connectivity. Samundri and Nanbu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.