Ayteke Bi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ayteke Bi plotted against Qyzylorda and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Ayteke Bi was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Qyzylorda which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Ayteke Bi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.45 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ayteke Bi ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Qyzylorda and 22nd out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Akçay, Turkey
• Kebuyutan, Indonesia
• Kharik, India
• Isulan, Philippines
• Sidi Moussa, Algeria
• Comalcalco, México

In new street additions, Ayteke Bi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Akçay built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Isulan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ayteke Bi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Akçay became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Isulan became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Ayteke Bi had a more sprawly network than Isulan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.