Zhanaozen in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Zhanaozen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zhanaozen plotted against Mangghystau and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Zhanaozen peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Mangghystau which peaked in 1991-2005 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Zhanaozen's incremental SNDi fell from 1.94 to 1.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zhanaozen ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Mangghystau and 3rd out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.63
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 4th of 32
- Rank in Mangghystau
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.68
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 3rd of 32
- Rank in Mangghystau
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Zhanaozen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shijiao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jinyun County built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Zhanaozen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shijiao fluctuated in connectivity and Jinyun County became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Zhanaozen had a more sprawly network than Shijiao in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.