Ekibastuz in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ekibastuz in context

2.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EkibastuzPavlodar (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ekibastuz plotted against Pavlodar and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Ekibastuz followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Pavlodar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Ekibastuz's incremental SNDi rose from 1.8 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ekibastuz ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Pavlodar and 6th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Kazakhstan
17th of 32
Rank in Pavlodar
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in Kazakhstan
6th of 32
Rank in Pavlodar
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EkibastuzFatehpur ShekhawatiFkih Ben Salah

While Fatehpur Shekhawati and Fkih Ben Salah both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Ekibastuz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Ekibastuz fluctuated in connectivity, while Fatehpur Shekhawati grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Fkih Ben Salah became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Ekibastuz had a more sprawly network than Fkih Ben Salah in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.