Nalchik in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nalchik 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
NalchikKabardin-Balkar (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nalchik plotted against Kabardin-Balkar and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nalchik's incremental SNDi rose from 4.35 to 4.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nalchik ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Kabardin-Balkar and 147th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.54
Rank in Russia
200th of 252
Rank in Kabardin-Balkar
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in Russia
147th of 252
Rank in Kabardin-Balkar
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NalchikCordobaImperatriz

In new street additions, Nalchik built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Córdoba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Imperatriz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Nalchik and Imperatriz have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.