Ust-Kamenogorsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ust-Kamenogorsk in context

33.33.63.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.33.63.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ust-KamenogorskEast Kazakhstan (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ust-Kamenogorsk plotted against East Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Ust-Kamenogorsk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to East Kazakhstan which rose steadily and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Ust-Kamenogorsk's incremental SNDi fell from 4.05 to 3.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ust-Kamenogorsk ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in East Kazakhstan and 27th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in Kazakhstan
27th of 32
Rank in East Kazakhstan
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.63
Rank in Kazakhstan
27th of 32
Rank in East Kazakhstan
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ust-KamenogorskSplitJhenaidah

While Split and Jhenaidah both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ust-Kamenogorsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ust-Kamenogorsk and Split have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.