Turkestan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Turkestan 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
TurkestanSouth Kazakhstan (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Turkestan plotted against South Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Turkestan peaked in 1976-1990, compared to South Kazakhstan which peaked in 1991-2005 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Turkestan's incremental SNDi fell from 3.03 to 2.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Turkestan ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in South Kazakhstan and 20th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in Kazakhstan
15th of 32
Rank in South Kazakhstan
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in Kazakhstan
20th of 32
Rank in South Kazakhstan
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TurkestanChlefBeersheba

In new street additions, Turkestan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Chlef fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Beersheba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Chlef and Beersheba both became progressively more disconnected, while Turkestan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Turkestan and Chlef have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.