Tandlianwala in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tandlianwala in context
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?
- Sobradinho II, Brazil
- Da'an, China
- Kyaiklat, Myanmar
- Wulian, China
- Hatsinigmari, India
- Keffi, Nigeria
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.