Май-Кудук in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mai-Kuduk in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mai-KudukQaraghandy (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Май-Кудук plotted against Qaraghandy and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Май-Кудук peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Qaraghandy which peaked in 1976-1990 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Май-Кудук's incremental SNDi fell from 2.25 to 1.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Май-Кудук ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Qaraghandy and 2nd out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.31
Rank in Kazakhstan
1st of 32
Rank in Qaraghandy
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.65
Rank in Kazakhstan
2nd of 32
Rank in Qaraghandy
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mai-KudukGuadalajaraUsilampatti

In new street additions, Май-Кудук built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Guadalajara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Usilampatti built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Май-Кудук grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Guadalajara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Usilampatti became progressively more disconnected. Май-Кудук and Guadalajara have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.