Prokhladny in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Prokhladny 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
ProkhladnyKabardin-Balkar (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Prokhladny plotted against Kabardin-Balkar and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Prokhladny followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Kabardin-Balkar which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Prokhladny's incremental SNDi rose from 2.99 to 4.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Prokhladny ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Kabardin-Balkar and 101st out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.07
Rank in Russia
172nd of 252
Rank in Kabardin-Balkar
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Russia
101st of 252
Rank in Kabardin-Balkar
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ProkhladnySherpaoKafr Yasif

In new street additions, Prokhladny fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sherpao built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kafr Yasif built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Prokhladny and Kafr Yasif both became progressively more disconnected, while Sherpao became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Prokhladny and Kafr Yasif have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.