Dadu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dadu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dadu plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Dadu rose steadily, 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, Dadu's incremental SNDi rose from 4.84 to 6.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dadu ranked 36th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 130th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.18
- Rank in Pakistan
- 232nd of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 44th of 50
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.83
- Rank in Pakistan
- 130th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 36th of 50
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Hosapete, India
- Tacloban, Philippines
- Torit, South Sudan
- Maheshkhunt, India
- Tanjung Balai, Indonesia
- Tanda, India
In new street additions, Dadu and Hosapete both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Maheshkhunt built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Dadu and Hosapete both became progressively more disconnected, while Maheshkhunt grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Dadu and Hosapete have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.