Cherkessk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cherkessk in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CherkesskKarachay-Cherkess (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cherkessk plotted against Karachay-Cherkess and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Cherkessk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Karachay-Cherkess which peaked in 1991-2005 and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Cherkessk's incremental SNDi fell from 4.84 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cherkessk ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Karachay-Cherkess and 214th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in Russia
165th of 252
Rank in Karachay-Cherkess
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in Russia
214th of 252
Rank in Karachay-Cherkess
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CherkesskDenovUzhhorod

In new street additions, Cherkessk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Denov fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Uzhhorod built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Cherkessk and Uzhhorod both became progressively more disconnected, while Denov fluctuated in connectivity. Cherkessk and Uzhhorod have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.