Oral in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oral in context

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OralWest Kazakhstan (Region)Kazakhstan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oral plotted against West Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan. The SNDi of new construction in Oral followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to West Kazakhstan which peaked in 1976-1990 and Kazakhstan which rose steadily. Most recently, Oral's incremental SNDi rose from 2.09 to 2.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oral ranked 1st out of 1 cities in West Kazakhstan and 10th out of 32 in Kazakhstan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in Kazakhstan
11th of 32
Rank in West Kazakhstan
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Kazakhstan
10th of 32
Rank in West Kazakhstan
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OralWheatonXuwen

In new street additions, Oral fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wheaton built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Xuwen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Oral fluctuated in connectivity, while Wheaton became progressively more disconnected and Xuwen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.