Чапаева in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chapaeva in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChapaevaGomel (Region)Belarus (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Чапаева plotted against Gomel and Belarus. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Чапаева's incremental SNDi fell from 3.41 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Чапаева ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Gomel and 13th out of 14 in Belarus as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Belarus
13th of 14
Rank in Gomel
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Belarus
13th of 14
Rank in Gomel
2nd of 2

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
ChapaevaSohnaPanevezys

In new street additions, Чапаева and Panevėžys both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sohna built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Чапаева and Sohna have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.