Shindand in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shindand in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shindand plotted against Hirat and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Shindand was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Shindand's incremental SNDi rose from 6.78 to 7.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shindand ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Hirat and 40th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.87
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 65th of 73
- Rank in Hirat
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.11
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 40th of 73
- Rank in Hirat
- 8th 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, Shindand and Am Timan both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Kobo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shindand and Am Timan both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kobo became progressively more disconnected.