Nukus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nukus in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NukusQaraqalpaqstan (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nukus plotted against Qaraqalpaqstan and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Nukus peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Qaraqalpaqstan which peaked in 1991-2005 and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Nukus's incremental SNDi fell from 4.01 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nukus ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Qaraqalpaqstan and 13th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Uzbekistan
16th of 72
Rank in Qaraqalpaqstan
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in Uzbekistan
13th of 72
Rank in Qaraqalpaqstan
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NukusKatniBhagalpur

In new street additions, Nukus built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Katni built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bhagalpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.