Shujaabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shujaabad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shujaabad plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shujaabad's incremental SNDi rose from 4.07 to 4.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shujaabad ranked 104th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 176th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.84
- Rank in Pakistan
- 158th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 100th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.29
- Rank in Pakistan
- 176th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 104th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Lingshan, China
- Kahalgaon, India
- Dundo, Angola
- Saghatta, Bangladesh
- Cixian, China
- Puli Khumri, Afghanistan
In new street additions, Shujaabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lingshan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Saghatta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shujaabad fluctuated in connectivity, while Lingshan became progressively more disconnected and Saghatta became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.