Ghafurov 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 Ghafurov plotted against Sughd and Tajikistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ghafurov peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Sughd which rose steadily and Tajikistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ghafurov's incremental SNDi fell from 5.35 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghafurov ranked 7th out of 8 cities in Sughd and 13th 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?

• Lijiang, China
• Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan
• Halol, India
• Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
• Pandharpur, India
• Jagdalpur, India

In new street additions, Ghafurov and Lijiang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Nakhon Si Thammarat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ghafurov and Lijiang both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Nakhon Si Thammarat became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Ghafurov had a more sprawly network than Nakhon Si Thammarat in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.