Bhit Shah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bhit Shah in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bhit ShahSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bhit Shah plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bhit Shah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.69 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhit Shah ranked 6th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 15th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in Pakistan
83rd of 292
Rank in Sindh
21st of 50

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Pakistan
15th of 292
Rank in Sindh
6th of 50

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bhit ShahOsakiMielec

In new street additions, Bhit Shah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Osaki built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Mielec built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Bhit Shah had a more sprawly network than Mielec in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.