Grozny in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Grozny in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GroznyChechnya (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Grozny plotted against Chechnya and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Grozny followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Chechnya which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Grozny's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Grozny ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Chechnya and 58th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Russia
51st of 252
Rank in Chechnya
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.97
Rank in Russia
58th of 252
Rank in Chechnya
1st of 1

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
GroznyDanewalaCamberley

In new street additions, Grozny fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Danewala built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Camberley built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.