Asadabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Asadabad in context

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AsadabadKunar (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Asadabad plotted against Kunar and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Asadabad was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Kunar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Asadabad's incremental SNDi rose from 9.43 to 10.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Asadabad ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Kunar and 72nd out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.38
Rank in Afghanistan
69th of 73
Rank in Kunar
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
10.47
Rank in Afghanistan
72nd of 73
Rank in Kunar
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AsadabadMount AnnanTibati

In new street additions, Asadabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Mount Annan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tibati built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Asadabad became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Mount Annan became progressively more connected and Tibati became progressively more disconnected. Asadabad and Mount Annan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.