Khwaja Iskandar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khwaja Iskandar in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khwaja Iskandar plotted against Balkh and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khwaja Iskandar peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Balkh which peaked in 1976-1990 and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khwaja Iskandar's incremental SNDi fell from 5.59 to 5.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khwaja Iskandar ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Balkh and 65th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.26
Rank in Afghanistan
51st of 73
Rank in Balkh
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.96
Rank in Afghanistan
65th of 73
Rank in Balkh
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khwaja IskandarYusheCanton

In new street additions, Khwaja Iskandar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Yushe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Canton built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Yushe and Canton both became progressively more disconnected, while Khwaja Iskandar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Khwaja Iskandar and Yushe have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.