Dowlatabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dowlatabad in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DowlatabadFaryab (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dowlatabad plotted against Faryab and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Dowlatabad was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Faryab which fell steadily and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dowlatabad's incremental SNDi rose from 1.82 to 1.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dowlatabad ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Faryab and 34th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.9
Rank in Afghanistan
5th of 73
Rank in Faryab
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in Afghanistan
34th of 73
Rank in Faryab
7th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DowlatabadSan Jose del GuaviareAl Fajr

While San José del Guaviare and Al Fajr both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Dowlatabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, San José del Guaviare and Al Fajr both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dowlatabad became progressively more connected.