Masallı in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Masalli in context

4.55.46.37.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.55.46.37.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MasalliLankaran (Region)Azerbaijan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Masallı plotted against Lankaran and Azerbaijan. The SNDi of new construction in Masallı was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Lankaran which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Azerbaijan which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Masallı's incremental SNDi rose from 4.72 to 4.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Masallı ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Lankaran and 12th out of 20 in Azerbaijan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.77
Rank in Azerbaijan
12th of 20
Rank in Lankaran
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.82
Rank in Azerbaijan
12th of 20
Rank in Lankaran
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MasalliKungurLuneburg

While Kungur and Lüneburg both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Masallı built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kungur and Lüneburg both became progressively more disconnected, while Masallı became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.