Farah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Farah in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FarahAfghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Farah plotted against Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Farah was at its lowest in 1991-2005, while Afghanistan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Farah's incremental SNDi rose from 2.3 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Farah ranked 14th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Afghanistan
19th of 73

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.63
Rank in Afghanistan
14th of 73

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FarahZhangpuSaktipur

In new street additions, Farah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Zhangpu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Saktipur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Farah became progressively more connected, while Zhangpu fluctuated in connectivity and Saktipur became progressively more disconnected. Farah and Zhangpu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.