Shahand in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shahand in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shahand plotted against Namangan and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Shahand peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Namangan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Shahand's incremental SNDi fell from 4.12 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahand ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Namangan and 49th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.12
- Rank in Uzbekistan
- 32nd of 72
- Rank in Namangan
- 6th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.02
- Rank in Uzbekistan
- 49th of 72
- Rank in Namangan
- 6th of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shahand built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Sandesh built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Azrou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shahand and Sandesh both became progressively more disconnected, while Azrou became progressively more connected. Shahand and Azrou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.