Shymkent in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shymkent in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shymkent plotted against South Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Shymkent peaked in 1976-1990, compared to South Kazakhstan which peaked in 1991-2005 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Shymkent's incremental SNDi fell from 3.81 to 3.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shymkent ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in South Kazakhstan and 28th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.47
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 24th of 32
- Rank in South Kazakhstan
- 3rd of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.69
- Rank in Kazakhstan
- 28th of 32
- Rank in South Kazakhstan
- 3rd of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shymkent and Xinxiang both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Baoji fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shymkent grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Xinxiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Baoji fluctuated in connectivity. Shymkent and Xinxiang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.