Pakhtaobod in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pakhtaobod in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PakhtaobodAndijon (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pakhtaobod plotted against Andijon and Uzbekistan. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pakhtaobod's incremental SNDi rose from 6.31 to 8.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pakhtaobod ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Andijon and 58th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.45
Rank in Uzbekistan
70th of 72
Rank in Andijon
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.56
Rank in Uzbekistan
58th of 72
Rank in Andijon
9th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PakhtaobodDingxingDayao

While Dingxing and Dayao both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Pakhtaobod built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Pakhtaobod became progressively more disconnected, while Dingxing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dayao grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Pakhtaobod had a more connected network than Dingxing in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.