Kislovodsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kislovodsk in context

33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KislovodskKarachay-Cherkess (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kislovodsk plotted against Karachay-Cherkess and Russia. While Karachay-Cherkess and Russia both rose steadily, Kislovodsk's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Kislovodsk's incremental SNDi rose from 4.0 to 4.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kislovodsk ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Karachay-Cherkess and 205th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.29
Rank in Russia
188th of 252
Rank in Karachay-Cherkess
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in Russia
205th of 252
Rank in Karachay-Cherkess
1st of 2

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
KislovodskWeiningKuransarae

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