Kurganinsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kurganinsk in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kurganinsk plotted against Krasnodar and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kurganinsk's incremental SNDi rose from 3.2 to 4.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kurganinsk ranked 6th out of 15 cities in Krasnodar and 132nd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.97
- Rank in Russia
- 215th of 252
- Rank in Krasnodar
- 13th of 15
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.48
- Rank in Russia
- 132nd of 252
- Rank in Krasnodar
- 6th of 15
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bouza, Niger
- Nansio, Tanzania
- Barka, Oman
- Awgu, Nigeria
- Ibitinga, Brazil
- Lukula, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In new street additions, Kurganinsk and Awgu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bouza built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kurganinsk and Awgu both became progressively more disconnected, while Bouza became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Kurganinsk and Bouza have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.