Bamian: city in Bamyan, Afghanistan
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Bamian, Afghanistan on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Bamian as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 4.14, which is highly disconnected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are nan, nan, 4.14 and nan. Data was not available in 1975, 1976-1990 and 2001-2014.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Bamian spans a total of 3 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of nan, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are nan, nan, 4.14 and 4.14. Data was not available in 1975 and 1976-1990.
Bamian and Bamyan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Bamyan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
How do development practices in Bamian fare in comparison to others in Bamyan? out of the 1 cities in Bamyan. Bamian ranked 1st in 1991-2000. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 2001-2014 due to unavailable data.
Bamian and Afghanistan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Afghanistan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease.
How do development practices in Bamian fare in comparison to others in Afghanistan? out of the 40 cities in Afghanistan. Bamian ranked 9th in 1991-2000. There was no ranking in 1975, 1976-1990, and 2001-2014 due to unavailable data.
Bamian and Bamyan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Bamyan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
To date, Bamian is the 1st-most disconnected out of the 1 cities in Bamyan. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Bamian ranked 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 and 1976-1990 due to unavailable data.
Bamian and Afghanistan do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. There was not enough data from the city, while the SNDi of street constructions in Afghanistan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease.
To date, Bamian is the 12th-most disconnected out of the 40 cities in Afghanistan. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Bamian ranked 12th in 1991-2000 and 12th in 2001-2014. There was no ranking in 1975 and 1976-1990 due to unavailable data.
As of 2015, Bamian had a built-up area of 0.09 square kilometers, and a population of 67835 people.
These are some other cities with approximately the same population: