Sukkur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sukkur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sukkur plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Sukkur 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, Sukkur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.93 to 5.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sukkur ranked 44th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 215th out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.57
- Rank in Pakistan
- 208th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 39th of 50
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.88
- Rank in Pakistan
- 215th of 292
- Rank in Sindh
- 44th of 50
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mexicali, México
- Kotwali, India
- Mwanza, Tanzania
- Lilongwe, Malawi
- George Town, Malaysia
- Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Sukkur, Mexicali, and Lilongwe all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Sukkur and Mexicali have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.