Kogon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kogon in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KogonBuxoro (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kogon plotted against Buxoro and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kogon peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Buxoro which peaked in 1991-2005 and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Kogon's incremental SNDi fell from 5.12 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kogon ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Buxoro and 16th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Uzbekistan
4th of 72
Rank in Buxoro
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in Uzbekistan
16th of 72
Rank in Buxoro
2nd of 4

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
KogonYurimaguasKiraoli

In new street additions, Kogon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yurimaguas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kiraoli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kogon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yurimaguas became progressively more disconnected and Kiraoli fluctuated in connectivity. Kogon and Yurimaguas have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.