Ghotki 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 Ghotki plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ghotki was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Ghotki's incremental SNDi rose from 6.65 to 7.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghotki ranked 50th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 268th 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?

• Richmond, United States
• Changning, China
• Paranaguá, Brazil
• Aykel, Ethiopia
• Samaguri, India
• Choluteca, Honduras

In new street additions, Ghotki built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Richmond built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Aykel built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ghotki and Aykel both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Richmond became progressively more disconnected.