Ak-Bulun in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ak-Bulun in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ak-Bulun plotted against Ysyk-Köl and Kyrgyzstan. The SNDi of new construction in Ak-Bulun was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Ysyk-Köl which rose steadily and Kyrgyzstan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ak-Bulun's incremental SNDi rose from 4.26 to 9.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ak-Bulun ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Ysyk-Köl and 8th out of 8 in Kyrgyzstan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.34
- Rank in Kyrgyzstan
- 8th of 8
- Rank in Ysyk-Köl
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.47
- Rank in Kyrgyzstan
- 8th of 8
- Rank in Ysyk-Köl
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Goiana and Ibiza both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ak-Bulun built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Ak-Bulun became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Goiana became progressively more disconnected and Ibiza fluctuated in connectivity. Ak-Bulun and Goiana have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.