Imishli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Imishli plotted against Aran and Azerbaijan. The SNDi of new construction in Imishli fell steadily, compared to Aran which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Azerbaijan which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Imishli's incremental SNDi fell from 4.0 to 3.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Imishli ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Aran and 8th out of 20 in Azerbaijan as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Ede, Netherlands
• Mehrabpur, Pakistan
• Bowang, China
• Bagha, Bangladesh
• Taungdwingyi, Myanmar
• Bagdad, Uzbekistan

While Ede and Bagha both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Imishli built increasingly connected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Imishli became progressively more connected, while Ede grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bagha grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Imishli had a more sprawly network than Bagha in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.