Juma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Juma in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JumaSamarqand' (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Juma plotted against Samarqand' and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Juma peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Samarqand' which rose steadily and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Juma's incremental SNDi fell from 6.81 to 5.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Juma ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Samarqand' and 61st out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.22
Rank in Uzbekistan
52nd of 72
Rank in Samarqand'
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.78
Rank in Uzbekistan
61st of 72
Rank in Samarqand'
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JumaPhuthaditjhabaMacheng

While Phuthaditjhaba and Macheng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Juma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Juma and Macheng both became progressively more disconnected, while Phuthaditjhaba grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Juma and Phuthaditjhaba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.