Taunsa Sharif in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taunsa Sharif plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Taunsa Sharif was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Taunsa Sharif's incremental SNDi rose from 2.93 to 3.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Taunsa Sharif ranked 31st out of 146 cities in Punjab and 55th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Pingshan, China
• Caxito, Angola
• Notsé, Togo
• 북청읍, North Korea
• Amethi, India
• Trois-Rivières, Canada

In new street additions, Taunsa Sharif built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Pingshan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and 북청읍 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Taunsa Sharif became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Pingshan became progressively more disconnected and 북청읍 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Taunsa Sharif had a more sprawly network than Pingshan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.