Nasirabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nasirabad in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NasirabadSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nasirabad plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Nasirabad 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, Nasirabad's incremental SNDi rose from 5.22 to 6.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nasirabad ranked 41st out of 50 cities in Sindh and 196th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.05
Rank in Pakistan
226th of 292
Rank in Sindh
41st of 50

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.55
Rank in Pakistan
196th of 292
Rank in Sindh
41st of 50

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NasirabadDumriBelo Jardim

While Dumri and Belo Jardim both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Nasirabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Nasirabad and Belo Jardim both became progressively more disconnected, while Dumri became progressively more connected. Notably, Nasirabad had a more connected network than Dumri in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.