Turkmenabat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Turkmenabat in context

3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.85.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TurkmenabatLebap (Region)Turkmenistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Turkmenabat plotted against Lebap and Turkmenistan. The SNDi of new construction in Turkmenabat peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Lebap which peaked in 1991-2005 and Turkmenistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Turkmenabat's incremental SNDi fell from 5.41 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Turkmenabat ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Lebap and 9th out of 10 in Turkmenistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in Turkmenistan
7th of 10
Rank in Lebap
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.84
Rank in Turkmenistan
9th of 10
Rank in Lebap
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TurkmenabatRamagundamAgbor

While Ramagundam and Agbor both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Turkmenabat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Turkmenabat and Ramagundam have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.