Pasab in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pasab in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pasab plotted against Kandahar and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Pasab was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Kandahar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pasab's incremental SNDi rose from 2.13 to 3.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pasab ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Kandahar and 55th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.31
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 26th of 73
- Rank in Kandahar
- 2nd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.35
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 55th of 73
- Rank in Kandahar
- 3rd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Pasab built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Galikash built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Wuxuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Pasab became progressively more connected, while Galikash became progressively more disconnected and Wuxuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Pasab and Galikash have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.