Baksan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baksan in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaksanKabardin-Balkar (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baksan plotted against Kabardin-Balkar and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Baksan peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kabardin-Balkar which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Baksan's incremental SNDi fell from 2.52 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baksan ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Kabardin-Balkar and 86th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Russia
32nd of 252
Rank in Kabardin-Balkar
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Russia
86th of 252
Rank in Kabardin-Balkar
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaksanTangzhuiAstara

In new street additions, Baksan and Tangzhui both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Astara built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Baksan and Astara both became progressively more disconnected, while Tangzhui grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Baksan and Tangzhui have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.