Sunzha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sunzha 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
SunzhaIngush (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sunzha plotted against Ingush and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Sunzha followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ingush which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Sunzha's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 3.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sunzha ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Ingush and 197th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.8
Rank in Russia
158th of 252
Rank in Ingush
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.09
Rank in Russia
197th of 252
Rank in Ingush
2nd of 2

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
SunzhaKengtungUdhagamandalam

In new street additions, Sunzha and Udhagamandalam both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kengtung built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Sunzha became progressively more disconnected, while Kengtung grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Udhagamandalam fluctuated in connectivity. Sunzha and Kengtung have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.