Shikarpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shikarpur in context

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShikarpurSindh (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shikarpur plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Shikarpur 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, Shikarpur's incremental SNDi fell from 3.14 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shikarpur ranked 10th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 24th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Pakistan
14th of 292
Rank in Sindh
8th of 50

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in Pakistan
24th of 292
Rank in Sindh
10th of 50

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShikarpurPamekasanGimhae

In new street additions, Shikarpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Pamekasan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gimhae built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Pamekasan and Gimhae both became progressively more disconnected, while Shikarpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.