Khairpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khairpur 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
KhairpurSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khairpur plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khairpur 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, Khairpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.66 to 4.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khairpur ranked 31st out of 50 cities in Sindh and 110th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.95
Rank in Pakistan
165th of 292
Rank in Sindh
32nd of 50

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.57
Rank in Pakistan
110th of 292
Rank in Sindh
31st of 50

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhairpurKhajauliAshdod

In new street additions, Khairpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khajauli built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Ashdod fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Khairpur and Ashdod both became progressively more disconnected, while Khajauli became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Khairpur had a more connected network than Khajauli in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.