Badin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Badin plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Badin was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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. Most recently, Badin's incremental SNDi rose from 4.6 to 5.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Badin ranked 45th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 221st out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Chakia, India
• Rubaya, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Tongnan, China
• Nanpara, India
• Pingyu, China
• Itay el-Barud, Egypt

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