Pavlodar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pavlodar in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PavlodarKazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pavlodar plotted against Kazakhstan. Both Pavlodar and Kazakhstan follow the same trend. Most recently, Pavlodar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.14 to 3.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pavlodar ranked 11th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in Kazakhstan
23rd of 32

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Kazakhstan
11th of 32

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PavlodarDordrechtAuraiya

In new street additions, Pavlodar and Auraiya both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dordrecht built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pavlodar and Auraiya both became progressively more disconnected, while Dordrecht became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Pavlodar and Dordrecht have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.