Belebei in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Belebei in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BelebeiBashkortostan (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Belebei plotted against Bashkortostan and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Belebei was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Bashkortostan which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Belebei's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 2.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Belebei ranked 4th out of 9 cities in Bashkortostan and 133rd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in Russia
76th of 252
Rank in Bashkortostan
6th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Russia
133rd of 252
Rank in Bashkortostan
4th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BelebeiDarabCreil

While Darab and Creil both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Belebei built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Belebei became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Darab grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Creil became progressively more disconnected. Belebei and Creil have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.