Tandlianwala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tandlianwala in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TandlianwalaPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tandlianwala plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Tandlianwala 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, Tandlianwala's incremental SNDi fell from 4.24 to 3.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tandlianwala ranked 28th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 49th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in Pakistan
34th of 292
Rank in Punjab
18th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in Pakistan
49th of 292
Rank in Punjab
28th of 146

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TandlianwalaSobradinho IIWulian

In new street additions, Tandlianwala and Sobradinho II both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Wulian built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tandlianwala and Sobradinho II have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.