Kizilyurt in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kizilyurt in context

2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KizilyurtDagestan (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kizilyurt plotted against Dagestan and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Kizilyurt fell steadily, compared to Dagestan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kizilyurt's incremental SNDi fell from 4.48 to 4.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kizilyurt ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Dagestan and 246th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.01
Rank in Russia
168th of 252
Rank in Dagestan
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.55
Rank in Russia
246th of 252
Rank in Dagestan
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KizilyurtOkugbeShangpan

In new street additions, Kizilyurt built increasingly connected streets over time, while Okugbe built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Shangpan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Okugbe and Shangpan both became progressively more disconnected, while Kizilyurt became progressively more connected. Notably, Kizilyurt had a more sprawly network than Shangpan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.