Sharaqpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sharaqpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sharaqpur plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sharaqpur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.13 to 6.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sharaqpur ranked 108th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 180th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.46
- Rank in Pakistan
- 241st of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 139th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.36
- Rank in Pakistan
- 180th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 108th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Buloqboshi, Uzbekistan
- Bena-Leka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Concepción, Argentina
- Tabluha, Egypt
- Lianhua, China
- Puerto Escondido, Venezuela
While Buloqboshi and Tabluha both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Sharaqpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Sharaqpur and Buloqboshi both became progressively more disconnected, while Tabluha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.