Yasmansalyk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yasmansalyk in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YasmansalykAsgabat (Region)Turkmenistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yasmansalyk plotted against Aşgabat and Turkmenistan. While Aşgabat and Turkmenistan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Yasmansalyk's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Yasmansalyk's incremental SNDi rose from 2.04 to 2.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yasmansalyk ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Aşgabat and 2nd out of 10 in Turkmenistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Turkmenistan
3rd of 10
Rank in Aşgabat
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Turkmenistan
2nd of 10
Rank in Aşgabat
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YasmansalykRampura PhulMaranguape

In new street additions, Yasmansalyk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rampura Phul built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Maranguape built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Yasmansalyk fluctuated in connectivity, while Rampura Phul became progressively more disconnected and Maranguape grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Yasmansalyk and Rampura Phul have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.