Qurghontepa 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 Qurghontepa plotted against Andijon and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Qurghontepa was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Andijon which rose steadily and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Qurghontepa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.25 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qurghontepa ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Andijon and 50th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Séguéla, Côte d'Ivoire
• Jawkatia, India
• Pangkajene, Indonesia
• Budjala, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Balugaon, India
• Ain Fakroun, Algeria

In new street additions, Qurghontepa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Séguéla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Budjala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Qurghontepa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Séguéla became progressively more disconnected and Budjala fluctuated in connectivity. Qurghontepa and Budjala have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.