Sho'rchi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sho'rchi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sho'rchi plotted against Surxondaryo and Uzbekistan. While Surxondaryo and Uzbekistan both rose steadily, Sho'rchi's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Sho'rchi's incremental SNDi rose from 7.39 to 8.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sho'rchi ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Surxondaryo and 67th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.3
- Rank in Uzbekistan
- 69th of 72
- Rank in Surxondaryo
- 7th of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.83
- Rank in Uzbekistan
- 67th of 72
- Rank in Surxondaryo
- 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, Sho'rchi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Wardaga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Tire fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sho'rchi and Tire both became progressively more disconnected, while Wardaga became progressively more connected. Sho'rchi and Wardaga have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.