Kargilik in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kargilik in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KargilikXinjiang Uygur (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kargilik plotted against Xinjiang Uygur and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kargilik's incremental SNDi rose from 1.52 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kargilik ranked 3rd out of 31 cities in Xinjiang Uygur and 163rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in China
773rd of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
17th of 31

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in China
163rd of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
3rd of 31

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KargilikBrovaryFort Collins

In new street additions, Kargilik fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Brovary fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Fort Collins built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kargilik fluctuated in connectivity, while Brovary became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Fort Collins grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kargilik and Brovary have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.