Chust in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chust in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChustNamangan (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chust plotted against Namangan and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Chust followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Namangan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Chust's incremental SNDi rose from 2.79 to 3.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chust ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Namangan and 9th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.03
Rank in Uzbekistan
6th of 72
Rank in Namangan
1st of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Uzbekistan
9th of 72
Rank in Namangan
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChustFusagasugaMachiques

In new street additions, Chust and Fusagasugá both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Machiques built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Fusagasugá and Machiques both became progressively more disconnected, while Chust fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Chust had a more sprawly network than Fusagasugá in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.