Darzab in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Darzab in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Darzab plotted against Jawzjan and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Darzab followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Jawzjan which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Darzab ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Jawzjan and 73rd out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 11.69
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 73rd of 73
- Rank in Jawzjan
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Westhaven Trails, United States
- Bouskoura, Morocco
- Futang, China
- Chitose, Japan
- Tangzhui, China
- Baksan, Russia
While Westhaven Trails and Chitose both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Darzab fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Darzab became progressively more connected, while Westhaven Trails grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Chitose became progressively more disconnected.