Abhom in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abhom in context

56789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
56789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbhomJammu and Kashmir (Region)Jammu and Kashmir (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abhom plotted against Jammu and Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir. The SNDi of new construction in Abhom was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Jammu and Kashmir which rose steadily and Jammu and Kashmir which rose steadily. Most recently, Abhom's incremental SNDi rose from 8.33 to 9.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abhom ranked 24th out of 27 cities in Jammu and Kashmir and 24th out of 27 in Jammu and Kashmir as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.28
Rank in Jammu and Kashmir
23rd of 27
Rank in Jammu and Kashmir
23rd of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
8.3
Rank in Jammu and Kashmir
24th of 27
Rank in Jammu and Kashmir
24th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbhomIbilloAz Zulfi

In new street additions, Abhom built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ibillo built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Az Zulfi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Abhom became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Ibillo became progressively more disconnected and Az Zulfi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.