Ratodero 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 Ratodero plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ratodero followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Ratodero's incremental SNDi fell from 3.0 to 2.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ratodero ranked 5th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 11th 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?

• Sainagar, India
• Luodong, Taiwan
• Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone, China
• Wanzhi, China
• Ponnur, India
• Mahmudpur, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Ratodero fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sainagar built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Wanzhi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ratodero fluctuated in connectivity, while Sainagar became progressively more disconnected and Wanzhi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Ratodero had a more sprawly network than Sainagar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.