Ghonchi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ghonchi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ghonchi plotted against Sughd and Tajikistan. The SNDi of new construction in Ghonchi rose steadily, compared to Sughd which rose steadily and Tajikistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ghonchi's incremental SNDi rose from 5.18 to 6.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ghonchi ranked 8th out of 8 cities in Sughd and 16th out of 22 in Tajikistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.01
- Rank in Tajikistan
- 12th of 22
- Rank in Sughd
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.96
- Rank in Tajikistan
- 16th of 22
- Rank in Sughd
- 8th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Pen, India
- Peterborough, Canada
- Khirz Sarai, India
- Kitotolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Asika, India
- Yuanshi, China
While Pen and Kitotolo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ghonchi built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pen and Kitotolo both fluctuated in connectivity, while Ghonchi became progressively more disconnected. Ghonchi and Pen have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.