Khwazakhela in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khwazakhela in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khwazakhela plotted against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khwazakhela followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Khwazakhela's incremental SNDi fell from 8.79 to 8.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khwazakhela ranked 60th out of 67 cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and 281st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.69
- Rank in Pakistan
- 273rd of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 56th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.67
- Rank in Pakistan
- 281st of 292
- Rank in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- 60th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Uttaradit and Votuporanga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khwazakhela fluctuated in street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Uttaradit and Votuporanga both became progressively more disconnected, while Khwazakhela fluctuated in connectivity. Khwazakhela and Uttaradit have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.