Mir Bachah Kot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mir Bachah Kot in context

33.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mir Bachah KotKabul (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mir Bachah Kot plotted against Kabul and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Mir Bachah Kot rose steadily, compared to Kabul which rose steadily and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mir Bachah Kot's incremental SNDi rose from 3.53 to 4.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mir Bachah Kot ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Kabul and 24th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.69
Rank in Afghanistan
45th of 73
Rank in Kabul
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in Afghanistan
24th of 73
Rank in Kabul
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mir Bachah KotLuweeroBanissa

In new street additions, Mir Bachah Kot and Luweero both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Banissa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Mir Bachah Kot and Luweero both became progressively more disconnected, while Banissa became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Mir Bachah Kot and Banissa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.