Pano Akil in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pano Akil plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Pano Akil 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, Pano Akil's incremental SNDi rose from 5.02 to 6.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pano Akil ranked 47th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 226th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Barysaw, Belarus
• Obninsk, Russia
• Jinsha, China
• Simões Filho, Brazil
• Mpumalanga, South Africa
• Ruili, China

In new street additions, Pano Akil built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Barysaw built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Simões Filho fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pano Akil became progressively more disconnected, while Barysaw grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Simões Filho fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Pano Akil had a more connected network than Simões Filho in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.