Khairpur Nathan Shah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khairpur Nathan Shah in context

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khairpur Nathan ShahSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khairpur Nathan Shah plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khairpur Nathan Shah 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 Nathan Shah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.81 to 3.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khairpur Nathan Shah ranked 4th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 10th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in Pakistan
42nd of 292
Rank in Sindh
11th of 50

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Pakistan
10th of 292
Rank in Sindh
4th of 50

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khairpur Nathan ShahSundarganjBarbigha

In new street additions, Khairpur Nathan Shah built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sundarganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Barbigha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Khairpur Nathan Shah became progressively more disconnected, while Sundarganj fluctuated in connectivity and Barbigha became progressively more connected. Notably, Khairpur Nathan Shah had a more connected network than Barbigha in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.