Ghurian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ghurian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ghurian plotted against Hirat and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ghurian followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Hirat which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ghurian's incremental SNDi fell from 3.43 to 1.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghurian ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Hirat and 13th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.9
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 7th of 73
- Rank in Hirat
- 1st of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.62
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 13th of 73
- Rank in Hirat
- 2nd of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ghurian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kafr Ibrash built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Bratsk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ghurian fluctuated in connectivity, while Kafr Ibrash became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Bratsk became progressively more disconnected. Ghurian and Bratsk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.