Puli Khumri in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Puli Khumri in context

456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
456789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Puli KhumriBaghlan (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puli Khumri plotted against Baghlan and Afghanistan. While Baghlan and Afghanistan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Puli Khumri's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Puli Khumri's incremental SNDi rose from 7.63 to 8.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puli Khumri ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Baghlan and 71st out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.37
Rank in Afghanistan
67th of 73
Rank in Baghlan
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.61
Rank in Afghanistan
71st of 73
Rank in Baghlan
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Puli KhumriCixianPleiku

In new street additions, Puli Khumri and Pleiku both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Cixian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Puli Khumri and Pleiku both became progressively more disconnected, while Cixian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Puli Khumri and Cixian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.