Chimbay in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chimbay in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChimbayQaraqalpaqstan (Region)Uzbekistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chimbay plotted against Qaraqalpaqstan and Uzbekistan. While Qaraqalpaqstan and Uzbekistan both rose steadily, Chimbay's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Chimbay's incremental SNDi rose from 4.86 to 6.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chimbay ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Qaraqalpaqstan and 8th out of 72 in Uzbekistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.56
Rank in Uzbekistan
63rd of 72
Rank in Qaraqalpaqstan
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Uzbekistan
8th of 72
Rank in Qaraqalpaqstan
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChimbayOroquietaMuntok

Chimbay, Oroquieta, and Muntok all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Chimbay had a more sprawly network than Oroquieta in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.