Khiva in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Khiva 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
KhivaXorazm (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khiva plotted against Xorazm and Uzbekistan. The SNDi of new construction in Khiva peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Xorazm which peaked in 1991-2005 and Uzbekistan which rose steadily. Most recently, Khiva's incremental SNDi fell from 3.93 to 2.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khiva ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Xorazm and 19th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in Uzbekistan
3rd of 72
Rank in Xorazm
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in Uzbekistan
19th of 72
Rank in Xorazm
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KhivaFunchalBarrie

In new street additions, Khiva built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Funchal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Barrie fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Khiva grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Funchal grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Barrie became progressively more disconnected. Khiva and Funchal have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.