Bataysk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bataysk plotted against Rostov and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Bataysk followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Rostov which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Bataysk's incremental SNDi rose from 4.06 to 4.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bataysk ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Rostov and 200th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Pingjiang, China
• Ilawe-Ekiti, Nigeria
• Wani, India
• Naldanga, Bangladesh
• Xinjiang, China
• Longjiang, China

In new street additions, Bataysk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pingjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Naldanga built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bataysk and Naldanga both became progressively more disconnected, while Pingjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Bataysk had a more sprawly network than Naldanga in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.