Sillanwali in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sillanwali in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sillanwali plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Sillanwali 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, Sillanwali's incremental SNDi fell from 4.33 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sillanwali ranked 18th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 35th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.79
- Rank in Pakistan
- 17th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 7th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.88
- Rank in Pakistan
- 35th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 18th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Lakhipur, India
- Balachandrapur, India
- Hanshan, China
- Mindelo, Cabo Verde
- Gaighat, India
- Poissy, France
In new street additions, Sillanwali built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lakhipur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mindelo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sillanwali grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lakhipur became progressively more disconnected and Mindelo fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sillanwali had a more connected network than Mindelo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.