Gurlan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gurlan in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GurlanXorazm (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gurlan plotted against Xorazm and Uzbekistan. While Xorazm and Uzbekistan both rose steadily, Gurlan's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Gurlan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.29 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gurlan ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Xorazm and 11th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.18
Rank in Uzbekistan
36th of 72
Rank in Xorazm
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in Uzbekistan
11th of 72
Rank in Xorazm
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GurlanKampung Rinching HuluDehdasht

While Kampung Rinching Hulu and Dehdasht both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Gurlan built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kampung Rinching Hulu and Dehdasht both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Gurlan became progressively more disconnected. Gurlan and Dehdasht have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.