Bala Murghab in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bala Murghab in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bala MurghabBadghis (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bala Murghab plotted against Badghis and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Bala Murghab was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Badghis which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bala Murghab's incremental SNDi rose from 3.04 to 4.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bala Murghab ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Badghis and 61st out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.7
Rank in Afghanistan
47th of 73
Rank in Badghis
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.88
Rank in Afghanistan
61st of 73
Rank in Badghis
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bala MurghabQoturTatlay Aali

In new street additions, Bala Murghab and Tatlay Aali both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Qotur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bala Murghab and Tatlay Aali both became progressively more connected, while Qotur became progressively more disconnected. Bala Murghab and Qotur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.