Maymana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maymana in context

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaymanaFaryab (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maymana plotted against Faryab and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Maymana fell steadily, compared to Faryab which fell steadily and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Maymana's incremental SNDi fell from 2.27 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maymana ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Faryab and 10th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Afghanistan
11th of 73
Rank in Faryab
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Afghanistan
10th of 73
Rank in Faryab
3rd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaymanaBrahmapuriVinukonda

In new street additions, Maymana built increasingly connected streets over time, while Brahmapuri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Vinukonda built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Maymana became progressively more connected, while Brahmapuri fluctuated in connectivity and Vinukonda became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Maymana had a more sprawly network than Vinukonda in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.