Sheberghan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sheberghan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sheberghan plotted against Jawzjan and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Sheberghan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Jawzjan which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sheberghan's incremental SNDi fell from 5.16 to 4.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sheberghan ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Jawzjan and 51st out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.8
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 48th of 73
- Rank in Jawzjan
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.87
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 51st of 73
- Rank in Jawzjan
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Sheberghan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Breda built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Neqab built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sheberghan fluctuated in connectivity, while Breda became progressively more disconnected and Neqab became progressively more connected. Sheberghan and Neqab have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.