Kyzylorda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kyzylorda in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KyzylordaQyzylorda (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kyzylorda plotted against Qyzylorda and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Kyzylorda followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Qyzylorda which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Kyzylorda's incremental SNDi rose from 2.58 to 2.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyzylorda ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Qyzylorda and 16th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Kazakhstan
19th of 32
Rank in Qyzylorda
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Kazakhstan
16th of 32
Rank in Qyzylorda
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KyzylordaBac NinhTemecula

In new street additions, Kyzylorda and Temecula both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bắc Ninh built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Kyzylorda became progressively more disconnected, while Bắc Ninh became progressively more connected and Temecula grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kyzylorda and Bắc Ninh have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.