Wazirabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wazirabad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wazirabad plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Wazirabad 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, Wazirabad's incremental SNDi fell from 5.97 to 5.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wazirabad ranked 137th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 242nd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.77
- Rank in Pakistan
- 216th of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 125th of 146
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.57
- Rank in Pakistan
- 242nd of 292
- Rank in Punjab
- 137th of 146
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Girga, Egypt
- Iași, Romania
- Kalihati, Bangladesh
- Myitkyina, Myanmar
- Bijnor, India
- Cherepovets, Russia
In new street additions, Wazirabad built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Girga built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Myitkyina fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Wazirabad and Girga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.