Jalal-Abad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jalal-Abad in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jalal-AbadKyrgyzstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jalal-Abad plotted against Kyrgyzstan. The SNDi of new construction in Jalal-Abad peaked in 1976-1990, while Kyrgyzstan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jalal-Abad's incremental SNDi fell from 2.55 to 2.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalal-Abad ranked 1st out of 8 in Kyrgyzstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
1st of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jalal-AbadNusaybinShahin Shahr

In new street additions, Jalal-Abad and Shahin Shahr both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Nusaybin built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Jalal-Abad and Shahin Shahr both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Nusaybin became progressively more disconnected. Jalal-Abad and Nusaybin have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.