Gyzylarbat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gyzylarbat 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
GyzylarbatBalkan (Region)Turkmenistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gyzylarbat plotted against Balkan and Turkmenistan. The SNDi of new construction in Gyzylarbat fell steadily, compared to Balkan which fell steadily and Turkmenistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gyzylarbat's incremental SNDi fell from 2.91 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gyzylarbat ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Balkan and 6th out of 10 in Turkmenistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in Turkmenistan
5th of 10
Rank in Balkan
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Turkmenistan
6th of 10
Rank in Balkan
2nd of 3

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
GyzylarbatBassano del GrappaAl Qutay`

In new street additions, Gyzylarbat and Al Qutay` both built increasingly connected streets over time, while Bassano del Grappa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Gyzylarbat and Al Qutay` both became progressively more connected, while Bassano del Grappa became progressively more disconnected. Gyzylarbat and Bassano del Grappa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.