Shahdadkot in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shahdadkot in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shahdadkot plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Shahdadkot followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Shahdadkot's incremental SNDi rose from 2.51 to 6.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahdadkot ranked 13th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 36th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.11
- Rank in Pakistan
- 227th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 42nd of 50
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.89
- Rank in Pakistan
- 36th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 13th of 50
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Barnala, India
- Layyah, Pakistan
- Hancheng, China
- Mandsaur, India
- Arapiraca, Brazil
- Indio, United States
In new street additions, Shahdadkot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barnala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mandsaur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Shahdadkot fluctuated in connectivity, while Barnala grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mandsaur became progressively more disconnected. Shahdadkot and Barnala have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.