Bokhtar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bokhtar plotted against Khatlon and Tajikistan. While Khatlon and Tajikistan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Bokhtar's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bokhtar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.02 to 5.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bokhtar ranked 4th out of 9 cities in Khatlon and 8th out of 22 in Tajikistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Floriano, Brazil
• Mansuriya, Egypt
• Udung Uko, Nigeria
• Yeleswaram, India
• Zajira, Bangladesh
• Samchon, North Korea

In new street additions, Bokhtar and Yeleswaram both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Floriano built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bokhtar and Floriano both became progressively more disconnected, while Yeleswaram fluctuated in connectivity. Bokhtar and Yeleswaram have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.