Badah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Badah in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BadahSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Badah plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Badah followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Sindh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Badah ranked 21st out of 50 cities in Sindh and 66th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.24
Rank in Pakistan
66th of 292
Rank in Sindh
21st of 50

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BadahBardaBaharestan

In new street additions, Badah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Baharestan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Badah became progressively more disconnected, while Barda became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Baharestan became progressively more connected. Badah and Barda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.