Aqswkent in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aqswkent in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AqswkentSouth Kazakhstan (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aqswkent plotted against South Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan. While South Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan both rose steadily, Aqswkent's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Aqswkent's incremental SNDi rose from 4.22 to 5.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aqswkent ranked 4th out of 6 cities in South Kazakhstan and 29th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.32
Rank in Kazakhstan
31st of 32
Rank in South Kazakhstan
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.25
Rank in Kazakhstan
29th of 32
Rank in South Kazakhstan
4th of 6

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
AqswkentZarechnyItapipoca

In new street additions, Aqswkent built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Zarechny built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Itapipoca built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.