Ufa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ufa in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UfaBashkortostan (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ufa plotted against Bashkortostan and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ufa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.44 to 4.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ufa ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Bashkortostan and 183rd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.92
Rank in Russia
212th of 252
Rank in Bashkortostan
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in Russia
183rd of 252
Rank in Bashkortostan
9th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UfaQuettaAshgabat

In new street additions, Ufa built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Quetta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ashgabat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ufa and Quetta both became progressively more disconnected, while Ashgabat grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Ufa had a more connected network than Ashgabat in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.