Semey in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Semey in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Semey plotted against East Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Semey peaked in 1991-2005, compared to East Kazakhstan which rose steadily and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Semey's incremental SNDi fell from 4.31 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Semey ranked 1st out of 2 cities in East Kazakhstan and 25th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.13
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 29th of 32
- Rank in East Kazakhstan
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.49
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 25th of 32
- Rank in East Kazakhstan
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Semey built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Duri built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Dhamar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Semey and Duri both became progressively more disconnected, while Dhamar fluctuated in connectivity. Semey and Duri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.