Deh Rawud in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Deh Rawud in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Deh RawudUruzgan (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Deh Rawud plotted against Uruzgan and Afghanistan. The SNDi of new construction in Deh Rawud fell steadily, compared to Uruzgan which fell steadily and Afghanistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Deh Rawud's incremental SNDi fell from 2.56 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Deh Rawud ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Uruzgan and 25th out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Afghanistan
16th of 73
Rank in Uruzgan
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in Afghanistan
25th of 73
Rank in Uruzgan
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Deh RawudKapataganMasasi

While Kapatagan and Masasi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Deh Rawud built increasingly connected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kapatagan and Masasi both became progressively more disconnected, while Deh Rawud grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Deh Rawud and Kapatagan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.