Sui in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sui in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sui plotted against Balochistan and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Sui was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Balochistan which rose steadily and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sui's incremental SNDi rose from 1.87 to 3.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sui ranked 6th out of 19 cities in Balochistan and 71st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.47
Rank in Pakistan
56th of 292
Rank in Balochistan
9th of 19

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in Pakistan
71st of 292
Rank in Balochistan
6th 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
SuiMaha SarakhamGuanambi

In new street additions, Sui and Guanambi both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Maha Sarakham built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sui and Guanambi both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Maha Sarakham became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Sui had a more sprawly network than Maha Sarakham in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.