Bai Ghesi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bai Ghesi in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bai GhesiFaryab (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bai Ghesi plotted against Faryab and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Bai Ghesi followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Faryab which fell steadily and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Bai Ghesi ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Faryab and 3rd out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Afghanistan
3rd of 73
Rank in Faryab
2nd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bai GhesiSan Pedro Sacatepequez [San Marcos]Daraa

In new street additions, Bai Ghesi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Daraa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] and Daraa both became progressively more disconnected, while Bai Ghesi became progressively more connected. Bai Ghesi and San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.