Kunri in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kunri plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kunri's incremental SNDi rose from 2.01 to 5.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kunri ranked 2nd out of 50 cities in Sindh and 4th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Villarrica, Paraguay
• Jinwan, China
• Cremona, Italy
• Dobo, Indonesia
• Shahabad, India
• Bandar Seri Bentan, Indonesia

In new street additions, Kunri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Villarrica built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Dobo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kunri and Villarrica both became progressively more disconnected, while Dobo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Kunri had a more connected network than Villarrica in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.