Turakurgan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Turakurgan in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TurakurganNamangan (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Turakurgan plotted against Namangan and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Turakurgan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Namangan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Turakurgan's incremental SNDi fell from 3.86 to 3.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Turakurgan ranked 4th out of 8 cities in Namangan and 40th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in Uzbekistan
14th of 72
Rank in Namangan
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in Uzbekistan
40th of 72
Rank in Namangan
4th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TurakurganBanska BystricaChak Jhumra

While Banská Bystrica and Chak Jhumra both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Turakurgan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Banská Bystrica and Chak Jhumra both became progressively more disconnected, while Turakurgan fluctuated in connectivity. Turakurgan and Chak Jhumra have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.