Budyonnovsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Budyonnovsk in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BudyonnovskStavropol' (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Budyonnovsk plotted against Stavropol' and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Budyonnovsk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Stavropol' which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Budyonnovsk's incremental SNDi fell from 3.29 to 1.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Budyonnovsk ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Stavropol' and 91st out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in Russia
16th of 252
Rank in Stavropol'
1st of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Russia
91st of 252
Rank in Stavropol'
1st of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BudyonnovskShellemSarangpur

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