Blagoveshchensk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Blagoveshchensk in context

3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BlagoveshchenskAmur (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Blagoveshchensk plotted against Amur and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Blagoveshchensk followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Amur which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Blagoveshchensk's incremental SNDi fell from 5.13 to 3.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Blagoveshchensk ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Amur and 233rd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.76
Rank in Russia
156th of 252
Rank in Amur
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Russia
233rd of 252
Rank in Amur
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BlagoveshchenskHaarlemMaurepas

While Haarlem and Maurepas both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Blagoveshchensk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Blagoveshchensk fluctuated in connectivity, while Haarlem became progressively more disconnected and Maurepas grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.