Moro in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Moro in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moro plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Moro 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, Moro's incremental SNDi rose from 3.51 to 4.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moro ranked 9th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 20th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.28
- Rank in Pakistan
- 111th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 27th of 50
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.69
- Rank in Pakistan
- 20th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 9th of 50
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Hamirpur, India
- Kanauta, India
- Passo Fundo, Brazil
- Larbaa, Algeria
- Częstochowa, Poland
- Playa del Carmen, México
In new street additions, Moro built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hamirpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Larbaa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Moro and Larbaa both became progressively more disconnected, while Hamirpur fluctuated in connectivity.