Jamshoro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jamshoro in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JamshoroSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jamshoro plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jamshoro's incremental SNDi rose from 3.83 to 5.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jamshoro ranked 37th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 144th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.28
Rank in Pakistan
179th of 292
Rank in Sindh
36th of 50

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Pakistan
144th of 292
Rank in Sindh
37th 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
JamshoroPaechonWutongqiao

In new street additions, Jamshoro fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Paechon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Wutongqiao built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Jamshoro became progressively more disconnected, while Paechon became progressively more disconnected and Wutongqiao grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Jamshoro had a more connected network than Paechon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.