Bukhara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bukhara in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BukharaBuxoro (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bukhara plotted against Buxoro and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Bukhara peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Buxoro which peaked in 1991-2005 and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Bukhara's incremental SNDi fell from 2.63 to 2.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bukhara ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Buxoro and 2nd out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Uzbekistan
1st of 72
Rank in Buxoro
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in Uzbekistan
2nd of 72
Rank in Buxoro
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BukharaMubiAzare

In new street additions, Bukhara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mubi built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Azare fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Mubi and Azare both became progressively more disconnected, while Bukhara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bukhara and Mubi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.