Aktobe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aktobe in context

1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AktobeAqtobe (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aktobe plotted against Aqtöbe and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Aktobe peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Aqtöbe which peaked in 1991-2005 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Aktobe's incremental SNDi fell from 2.21 to 1.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aktobe ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Aqtöbe and 4th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in Kazakhstan
6th of 32
Rank in Aqtöbe
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.71
Rank in Kazakhstan
4th of 32
Rank in Aqtöbe
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AktobeAlicanteManisa

In new street additions, Aktobe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Alicante built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Manisa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Aktobe had a more connected network than Alicante in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.