Tukzar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tukzar in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TukzarSari Pul (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tukzar plotted against Sari Pul and Afghanistan. While Sari Pul and Afghanistan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Tukzar's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Tukzar's incremental SNDi rose from 1.2 to 2.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tukzar ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Sari Pul and 15th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in Afghanistan
18th of 73
Rank in Sari Pul
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.63
Rank in Afghanistan
15th of 73
Rank in Sari Pul
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TukzarLaxminiaAtmeeda

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