Elista in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Elista in context

33.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ElistaKalmyk (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Elista plotted against Kalmyk and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Elista peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Kalmyk which fell steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Elista's incremental SNDi fell from 3.29 to 3.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elista ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Kalmyk and 213th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.26
Rank in Russia
104th of 252
Rank in Kalmyk
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in Russia
213th of 252
Rank in Kalmyk
1st of 1

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
ElistaNigdeHatiya

In new street additions, Elista built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Niğde fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hatiya built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Elista grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Niğde became progressively more disconnected and Hatiya became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.