Khuzdar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khuzdar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khuzdar plotted against Balochistan and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khuzdar rose steadily, compared to Balochistan which rose steadily and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khuzdar's incremental SNDi rose from 5.65 to 6.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khuzdar ranked 18th out of 19 cities in Balochistan and 217th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.59
- Rank in Pakistan
- 248th of 292
- Rank in Balochistan
- 18th of 19
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.9
- Rank in Pakistan
- 217th of 292
- Rank in Balochistan
- 18th of 19
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Khuzdar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Musanze fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Baise built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Khuzdar and Musanze both became progressively more disconnected, while Baise became progressively more connected. Notably, Khuzdar had a more connected network than Musanze in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.