Karaganda in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Karaganda in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Karaganda plotted against Qaraghandy and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Karaganda was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Qaraghandy which peaked in 1976-1990 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Karaganda's incremental SNDi rose from 1.91 to 2.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Karaganda ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Qaraghandy and 5th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.16
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 9th of 32
- Rank in Qaraghandy
- 5th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.83
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 5th of 32
- Rank in Qaraghandy
- 3rd of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Karaganda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Oyigbo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pelotas built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Oyigbo and Pelotas both became progressively more disconnected, while Karaganda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Karaganda and Pelotas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.