Kashmore in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kashmore in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kashmore plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kashmore 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, Kashmore's incremental SNDi rose from 2.79 to 3.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kashmore ranked 14th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 39th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.91
- Rank in Pakistan
- 82nd of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 20th of 50
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.91
- Rank in Pakistan
- 39th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 14th of 50
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kashmore built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sanchahe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Latacunga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kashmore and Latacunga both became progressively more disconnected, while Sanchahe fluctuated in connectivity. Kashmore and Sanchahe have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.