Sita Road 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 Sita Road plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Sita Road was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Sita Road's incremental SNDi rose from 6.41 to 10.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sita Road ranked 48th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 230th 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?

• Zwickau, Germany
• Yanting, China
• Wanrong, China
• Kashinathpur, Bangladesh
• Multai, India
• Muhammad Khel, Pakistan

In new street additions, Sita Road built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Zwickau built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kashinathpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sita Road became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Zwickau became progressively more disconnected and Kashinathpur fluctuated in connectivity.