Dera Murad Jamali in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dera Murad Jamali in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dera Murad JamaliBalochistan (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dera Murad Jamali plotted against Balochistan and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Dera Murad Jamali followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Balochistan which rose steadily and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dera Murad Jamali's incremental SNDi fell from 3.87 to 3.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dera Murad Jamali ranked 10th out of 19 cities in Balochistan and 119th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in Pakistan
48th of 292
Rank in Balochistan
7th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.67
Rank in Pakistan
119th of 292
Rank in Balochistan
10th of 19

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dera Murad JamaliBokoroPirapora

In new street additions, Dera Murad Jamali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bokoro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pirapora fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dera Murad Jamali and Bokoro both fluctuated in connectivity, while Pirapora fluctuated in connectivity. Dera Murad Jamali and Bokoro have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.