Jetisay in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jetisay in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JetisaySouth Kazakhstan (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jetisay plotted against South Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Jetisay peaked in 1991-2005, compared to South Kazakhstan which peaked in 1991-2005 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Jetisay's incremental SNDi fell from 3.3 to 2.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jetisay ranked 1st out of 6 cities in South Kazakhstan and 18th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Kazakhstan
12th of 32
Rank in South Kazakhstan
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Kazakhstan
18th of 32
Rank in South Kazakhstan
1st of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JetisayKarawaTall al Bahnasa

In new street additions, Jetisay built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Karawa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tall al Bahnasa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Jetisay grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Karawa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Tall al Bahnasa became progressively more disconnected.