Özgön in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ozgon in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OzgonOsh (Region)Kyrgyzstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Özgön plotted against Osh and Kyrgyzstan. While Osh and Kyrgyzstan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Özgön's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Özgön's incremental SNDi rose from 2.9 to 3.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Özgön ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Osh and 4th out of 8 in Kyrgyzstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
2nd of 8
Rank in Osh
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.0
Rank in Kyrgyzstan
4th of 8
Rank in Osh
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OzgonGauriganjTitabor

In new street additions, Özgön fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gauriganj built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Titabor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Özgön fluctuated in connectivity, while Gauriganj became progressively more disconnected and Titabor became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Özgön had a more sprawly network than Gauriganj in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.