Baraki Rijan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baraki Rijan in context

4.24.95.66.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.24.95.66.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Baraki RijanLogar (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baraki Rijan plotted against Logar and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Baraki Rijan rose steadily, compared to Logar which peaked in 1991-2005 and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Baraki Rijan's incremental SNDi rose from 6.39 to 6.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baraki Rijan ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Logar and 62nd out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.4
Rank in Afghanistan
63rd of 73
Rank in Logar
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.89
Rank in Afghanistan
62nd of 73
Rank in Logar
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Baraki RijanYasamkentKotla Arab Ali Khan

In new street additions, Baraki Rijan built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yaşamkent fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kotla Arab Ali Khan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Baraki Rijan and Kotla Arab Ali Khan both became progressively more disconnected, while Yaşamkent became progressively more connected. Baraki Rijan and Yaşamkent have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.