Babruysk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Babruysk 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
BabruyskMogilev (Region)Belarus (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Babruysk plotted against Mogilev and Belarus. The SNDi of new construction in Babruysk rose steadily, compared to Mogilev which peaked in 1991-2005 and Belarus which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Babruysk's incremental SNDi rose from 2.56 to 3.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Babruysk ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Mogilev and 8th out of 14 in Belarus as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in Belarus
14th of 14
Rank in Mogilev
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in Belarus
8th of 14
Rank in Mogilev
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BabruyskTilburgDudahi

In new street additions, Babruysk built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tilburg fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dudahi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Babruysk and Tilburg both became progressively more disconnected, while Dudahi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.