Khost in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khost in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khost plotted against Afghanistan. Both Khost and Afghanistan follow the same trend. Most recently, Khost's incremental SNDi rose from 5.9 to 6.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khost ranked 64th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.16
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 61st of 73
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.94
- Rank in Afghanistan
- 64th of 73
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Siyang, China
- San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
- Umm Ruwaba, Sudan
- Mönchengladbach, Germany
- Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
- Blumenau, Brazil
In new street additions, Khost and Siyang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mönchengladbach built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Khost and Siyang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.