Taldykorgan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Taldykorgan in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaldykorganAlmaty (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taldykorgan plotted against Almaty and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Taldykorgan peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Almaty which rose steadily and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Taldykorgan's incremental SNDi fell from 2.77 to 2.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Taldykorgan ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Almaty and 17th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.15
Rank in Kazakhstan
8th of 32
Rank in Almaty
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Kazakhstan
17th of 32
Rank in Almaty
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaldykorganPukhrayanIsanlu Mopo

In new street additions, Taldykorgan and Pukhrayan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Isanlu Mopo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Pukhrayan and Isanlu Mopo both became progressively more disconnected, while Taldykorgan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Taldykorgan had a more sprawly network than Isanlu Mopo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.