Fayzabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fayzabad in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fayzabad plotted against Badakhshan and Afghanistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fayzabad's incremental SNDi rose from 5.42 to 5.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fayzabad ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Badakhshan and 60th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.6
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 56th of 73
- Rank in Badakhshan
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.85
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 60th of 73
- Rank in Badakhshan
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Fayzabad and Deoband both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Texmelucan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Texmelucan and Deoband both became progressively more disconnected, while Fayzabad grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Fayzabad and Deoband have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.