Mineralnye Vody in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mineralnye Vody in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mineralnye VodyStavropol' (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mineralnye Vody plotted against Stavropol' and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mineralnye Vody's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 5.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mineralnye Vody ranked 3rd out of 9 cities in Stavropol' and 170th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.06
Rank in Russia
220th of 252
Rank in Stavropol'
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Russia
170th of 252
Rank in Stavropol'
3rd of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mineralnye VodyGranollersAyyampettai

In new street additions, Mineralnye Vody built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Granollers built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Ayyampettai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mineralnye Vody and Granollers both became progressively more disconnected, while Ayyampettai became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Mineralnye Vody and Granollers have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.