Anghapur 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 Anghapur plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Anghapur was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Anghapur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.48 to 7.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anghapur ranked 55th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 276th 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?

• Asarama, Nigeria
• Tagaytay, Philippines
• Annemasse, France
• Banki, Nigeria
• Fengyang, China
• Nirmali, India

In new street additions, Asarama and Banki both fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Anghapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Asarama and Banki both fluctuated in connectivity, while Anghapur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Anghapur and Asarama have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.