Temirtau in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Temirtau 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
TemirtauQaraghandy (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Temirtau plotted against Qaraghandy and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Temirtau peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Qaraghandy which peaked in 1976-1990 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Temirtau's incremental SNDi fell from 2.8 to 1.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Temirtau ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Qaraghandy and 8th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.62
Rank in Kazakhstan
3rd of 32
Rank in Qaraghandy
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Kazakhstan
8th of 32
Rank in Qaraghandy
4th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TemirtauBandiporaRampurhat

While Bandipora and Rampurhat both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Temirtau built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Bandipora and Rampurhat both became progressively more disconnected, while Temirtau grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Temirtau and Bandipora have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.