Atyrau in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Atyrau in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AtyrauKazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Atyrau plotted against Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Atyrau peaked in 1991-2005, while Kazakhstan rose steadily. Most recently, Atyrau's incremental SNDi fell from 2.91 to 2.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Atyrau ranked 15th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.32
Rank in Kazakhstan
13th of 32

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Kazakhstan
15th of 32

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AtyrauSan CristobalJishou

In new street additions, Atyrau built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while San Cristóbal built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Jishou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Atyrau grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while San Cristóbal became progressively more disconnected and Jishou fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Atyrau had a more sprawly network than San Cristóbal in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.