Sabirabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sabirabad in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SabirabadAran (Region)Azerbaijan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sabirabad plotted against Aran and Azerbaijan. The SNDi of new construction in Sabirabad was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Aran which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Azerbaijan which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Sabirabad's incremental SNDi rose from 3.57 to 4.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sabirabad ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Aran and 6th out of 20 in Azerbaijan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.06
Rank in Azerbaijan
9th of 20
Rank in Aran
2nd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in Azerbaijan
6th of 20
Rank in Aran
1st of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SabirabadPabianiceDogari Tiv

While Pabianice and Dogari Tiv both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Sabirabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pabianice and Dogari Tiv both became progressively more disconnected, while Sabirabad fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sabirabad had a more sprawly network than Dogari Tiv in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.