Sibi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sibi in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SibiBalochistan (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sibi plotted against Balochistan and Pakistan. While Balochistan and Pakistan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Sibi's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sibi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sibi ranked 1st out of 19 cities in Balochistan and 5th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in Pakistan
41st of 292
Rank in Balochistan
6th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Pakistan
5th of 292
Rank in Balochistan
1st 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
SibiColumbiaDalauabari

In new street additions, Sibi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Columbia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dalauabari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sibi fluctuated in connectivity, while Columbia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dalauabari fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sibi had a more sprawly network than Dalauabari in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.