Шадобдеҳ 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 Шадобдеҳ plotted against Sughd and Tajikistan. The SNDi of new construction in Шадобдеҳ was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Sughd which rose steadily and Tajikistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Шадобдеҳ's incremental SNDi rose from 3.7 to 5.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Шадобдеҳ ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Sughd and 3rd 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?

• Richard-Toll, Senegal
• Toliara, Madagascar
• Ramtek, India
• Hyangnam, South Korea
• Novouralsk, Russia
• Bignona, Senegal

While Richard-Toll and Hyangnam both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Шадобдеҳ built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Шадобдеҳ became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Richard-Toll fluctuated in connectivity and Hyangnam became progressively more disconnected. Шадобдеҳ and Hyangnam have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.