Kaspiysk in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kaspiysk in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kaspiysk plotted against Dagestan and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Kaspiysk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Dagestan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kaspiysk's incremental SNDi fell from 5.25 to 5.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kaspiysk ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Dagestan and 247th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.1
- Rank in Russia
- 222nd of 252
- Rank in Dagestan
- 5th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.63
- Rank in Russia
- 247th of 252
- Rank in Dagestan
- 6th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Zhuozhou, China
- Mailsi, Pakistan
- Kasongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Qaem Shahr, Iran
- Texmelucan, México
- Fayzabad, Afghanistan
In new street additions, Kaspiysk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Zhuozhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Qaem Shahr built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kaspiysk and Zhuozhou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.