Nawabshah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nawabshah in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NawabshahSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nawabshah plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Nawabshah peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Nawabshah's incremental SNDi fell from 3.7 to 3.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nawabshah ranked 15th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 44th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.53
Rank in Pakistan
58th of 292
Rank in Sindh
15th of 50

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.0
Rank in Pakistan
44th of 292
Rank in Sindh
15th of 50

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NawabshahBhagalpurTrabzon

While Bhagalpur and Trabzon both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Nawabshah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Nawabshah and Bhagalpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.