Nazran in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nazran in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NazranIngush (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nazran plotted against Ingush and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nazran's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nazran ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Ingush and 193rd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Russia
120th of 252
Rank in Ingush
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in Russia
193rd of 252
Rank in Ingush
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NazranLiuzhiSakaka

In new street additions, Nazran built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Liuzhi built increasingly connected streets over time and Sakaka fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Nazran became progressively more disconnected, while Liuzhi became progressively more connected and Sakaka grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Nazran had a more connected network than Liuzhi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.