Guzarah in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Guzarah in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuzarahHirat (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guzarah plotted against Hirat and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Guzarah 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, Guzarah's incremental SNDi fell from 4.79 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guzarah ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Hirat and 37th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in Afghanistan
32nd of 73
Rank in Hirat
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.97
Rank in Afghanistan
37th of 73
Rank in Hirat
6th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuzarahDurresZhao'an

In new street additions, Guzarah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Durrës built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Zhao'an fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Guzarah fluctuated in connectivity, while Durrës became progressively more disconnected and Zhao'an fluctuated in connectivity. Guzarah and Durrës have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.