خان آباد in context: Street-network sprawl trends

khn abd in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
khn abdKunduz (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with خان آباد plotted against Kunduz and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in خان آباد rose steadily, compared to Kunduz which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, خان آباد's incremental SNDi rose from 6.4 to 8.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, خان آباد ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Kunduz and 59th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.35
Rank in Afghanistan
66th of 73
Rank in Kunduz
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.71
Rank in Afghanistan
59th of 73
Rank in Kunduz
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
khn abdBageKanyabayonga

In new street additions, خان آباد and Kanyabayonga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bagé fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. خان آباد and Bagé have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.