Rubtsovsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rubtsovsk in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RubtsovskAltay (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rubtsovsk plotted against Altay and Russia. While Altay and Russia both rose steadily, Rubtsovsk's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Rubtsovsk's incremental SNDi rose from 2.21 to 2.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rubtsovsk ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Altay and 50th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.37
Rank in Russia
41st of 252
Rank in Altay
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Russia
50th of 252
Rank in Altay
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RubtsovskNew HalfaPare-Pare

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