Sterlitamak in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sterlitamak in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SterlitamakBashkortostan (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sterlitamak plotted against Bashkortostan and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Sterlitamak peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Bashkortostan which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Sterlitamak's incremental SNDi fell from 3.58 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sterlitamak ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Bashkortostan and 171st out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Russia
63rd of 252
Rank in Bashkortostan
5th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Russia
171st of 252
Rank in Bashkortostan
8th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SterlitamakKaimganjImpfondo

In new street additions, Sterlitamak and Impfondo both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kaimganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Kaimganj and Impfondo both became progressively more disconnected, while Sterlitamak grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Sterlitamak had a more sprawly network than Kaimganj in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.