Kattakurgan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kattakurgan in context

3.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KattakurganSamarqand' (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kattakurgan plotted against Samarqand' and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Kattakurgan peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Samarqand' which rose steadily and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Kattakurgan's incremental SNDi fell from 4.41 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kattakurgan ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Samarqand' and 39th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in Uzbekistan
12th of 72
Rank in Samarqand'
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.61
Rank in Uzbekistan
39th of 72
Rank in Samarqand'
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KattakurganManavgatTufanganj

In new street additions, Kattakurgan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Manavgat fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tufanganj built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kattakurgan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Manavgat fluctuated in connectivity and Tufanganj became progressively more disconnected. Kattakurgan and Tufanganj have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.