Kulob in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kulob in context

4.95.66.37<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.95.66.37<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KulobKhatlon (Region)Tajikistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kulob plotted against Khatlon and Tajikistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kulob was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Khatlon which rose steadily and Tajikistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kulob's incremental SNDi rose from 4.59 to 5.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kulob ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Khatlon and 17th out of 22 in Tajikistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.95
Rank in Tajikistan
11th of 22
Rank in Khatlon
3rd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.96
Rank in Tajikistan
17th of 22
Rank in Khatlon
7th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KulobIreleWarrington

In new street additions, Kulob built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Irele fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Warrington built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Irele and Warrington both became progressively more disconnected, while Kulob became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Kulob and Irele have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.