Naushahro Feroze in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Naushahro Feroze in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Naushahro Feroze plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Naushahro Feroze followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Naushahro Feroze's incremental SNDi fell from 3.68 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Naushahro Feroze ranked 20th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 62nd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.79
- Rank in Pakistan
- 4th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 2nd of 50
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.21
- Rank in Pakistan
- 62nd of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 20th of 50
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bilecik, Turkey
- Montreux, Switzerland
- Huoshan, China
- Doro Gowon, Nigeria
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield, United Kingdom
- Ovalle, Chile
In new street additions, Naushahro Feroze fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bilecik built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Doro Gowon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Naushahro Feroze fluctuated in connectivity, while Bilecik grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Doro Gowon became progressively more disconnected.