Mingachevir in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mingachevir in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mingachevir plotted against Aran and Azerbaijan. The SNDi of new construction in Mingachevir rose steadily, compared to Aran which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Azerbaijan which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Mingachevir's incremental SNDi rose from 4.96 to 5.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mingachevir ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Aran and 11th out of 20 in Azerbaijan as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.64
- Rank in Azerbaijan
- 17th of 20
- Rank in Aran
- 6th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.71
- Rank in Azerbaijan
- 11th of 20
- Rank in Aran
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tufanganj, India
- Kattakurgan, Uzbekistan
- Manavgat, Turkey
- Jieshou, China
- Yiyang County, China
- Itarsi, India
In new street additions, Mingachevir and Tufanganj both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jieshou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Mingachevir and Jieshou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.