Kandhkot in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kandhkot in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kandhkot plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kandhkot followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Kandhkot's incremental SNDi fell from 3.68 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kandhkot ranked 23rd out of 50 cities in Sindh and 85th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.58
- Rank in Pakistan
- 10th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 5th of 50
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.37
- Rank in Pakistan
- 85th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 23rd of 50
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Wukari, Nigeria
- Gangu, China
- Lens, France
- Gonghuakeng, Taiwan
- Sumbawa Besar, Indonesia
- Mestre, Italy
In new street additions, Kandhkot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wukari built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Gonghuakeng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Wukari and Gonghuakeng both became progressively more disconnected, while Kandhkot fluctuated in connectivity. Kandhkot and Wukari have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.