Ganja in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ganja in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GanjaGanja-Qazakh (Region)Azerbaijan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ganja plotted against Ganja-Qazakh and Azerbaijan. The SNDi of new construction in Ganja followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ganja-Qazakh which peaked in 1976-1990 and Azerbaijan which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Ganja's incremental SNDi rose from 3.42 to 3.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ganja ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Ganja-Qazakh and 5th out of 20 in Azerbaijan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.9
Rank in Azerbaijan
8th of 20
Rank in Ganja-Qazakh
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in Azerbaijan
5th of 20
Rank in Ganja-Qazakh
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GanjaMahesanaBijie

In new street additions, Ganja and Bijie both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mahesana built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ganja and Mahesana both became progressively more disconnected, while Bijie grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Ganja and Mahesana have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.