Beloretsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beloretsk in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeloretskBashkortostan (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beloretsk plotted against Bashkortostan and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Beloretsk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Bashkortostan which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Beloretsk's incremental SNDi fell from 2.82 to 2.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beloretsk ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in Bashkortostan and 121st out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in Russia
39th of 252
Rank in Bashkortostan
3rd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.44
Rank in Russia
121st of 252
Rank in Bashkortostan
2nd of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeloretskViedmaFengkai

In new street additions, Beloretsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Viedma built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Fengkai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Beloretsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Viedma became progressively more connected and Fengkai became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Beloretsk and Viedma have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.