Osh in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Osh in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Osh plotted against Osh (city) and Kyrgyzstan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Osh's incremental SNDi rose from 4.43 to 5.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Osh ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Osh (city) and 7th out of 8 in Kyrgyzstan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.24
- Rank in Kyrgyzstan
- 6th of 8
- Rank in Osh (city)
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.37
- Rank in Kyrgyzstan
- 7th of 8
- Rank in Osh (city)
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mbeya, Tanzania
- Nizamabad, India
- Pematang Siantar, Indonesia
- Sadiqabad, Pakistan
- Guarenas, Venezuela
- Chandpur, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Osh and Sadiqabad both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mbeya built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Osh became progressively more disconnected, while Mbeya became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Sadiqabad fluctuated in connectivity.