Khand Khil in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khand Khil in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khand KhilPaktya (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khand Khil plotted against Paktya and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khand Khil followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Paktya which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Khand Khil's incremental SNDi rose from 1.32 to 2.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khand Khil ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Paktya and 2nd out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in Afghanistan
22nd of 73
Rank in Paktya
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Afghanistan
2nd of 73
Rank in Paktya
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Khand KhilSikandar PurPunta Alta

In new street additions, Khand Khil fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sikandar Pur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Punta Alta built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Khand Khil fluctuated in connectivity, while Sikandar Pur fluctuated in connectivity and Punta Alta became progressively more disconnected. Khand Khil and Sikandar Pur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.