Mehrabpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mehrabpur 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
MehrabpurSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mehrabpur plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Mehrabpur 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, Mehrabpur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.39 to 3.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mehrabpur ranked 27th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 99th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.97
Rank in Pakistan
86th of 292
Rank in Sindh
22nd of 50

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.47
Rank in Pakistan
99th of 292
Rank in Sindh
27th of 50

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MehrabpurBowangEde

In new street additions, Mehrabpur and Bowang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ede built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Mehrabpur and Bowang both became progressively more disconnected, while Ede grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Mehrabpur and Bowang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.