Tando Adam 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 Tando Adam plotted against Sindh and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Tando Adam 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, Tando Adam's incremental SNDi rose from 4.68 to 5.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tando Adam ranked 39th out of 50 cities in Sindh and 152nd 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?

• Bradenton, United States
• Messina, Italy
• Chishtian Sharif, Pakistan
• Mulhouse, France
• Hossana, Ethiopia
• `Ar`ar, Saudi Arabia

While Bradenton and Mulhouse both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Tando Adam built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Bradenton and Mulhouse both became progressively more disconnected, while Tando Adam became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.