Kizlyar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kizlyar in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KizlyarDagestan (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kizlyar plotted against Dagestan and Russia. While Dagestan and Russia both rose steadily, Kizlyar's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Kizlyar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 4.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kizlyar ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Dagestan and 180th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.92
Rank in Russia
210th of 252
Rank in Dagestan
4th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in Russia
180th of 252
Rank in Dagestan
1st of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KizlyarEl GhanayemLimbe

While El Ghanayem and Limbé both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Kizlyar built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, El Ghanayem and Limbé both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kizlyar became progressively more disconnected. Kizlyar and El Ghanayem have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.