Kostanay in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kostanay in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kostanay plotted against Qostanay and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Kostanay followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Qostanay which peaked in 1976-1990 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Kostanay's incremental SNDi rose from 2.9 to 3.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kostanay ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Qostanay and 12th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.01
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 21st of 32
- Rank in Qostanay
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.22
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 12th of 32
- Rank in Qostanay
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kostanay and Binyang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Karaikudi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Kostanay had a more sprawly network than Karaikudi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.