Stary Oskol in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Stary Oskol 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
Stary OskolBelgorod (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Stary Oskol plotted against Belgorod and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Stary Oskol peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Belgorod which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Stary Oskol's incremental SNDi fell from 2.11 to 2.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Stary Oskol ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Belgorod and 84th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in Russia
18th of 252
Rank in Belgorod
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Russia
84th of 252
Rank in Belgorod
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Stary OskolCamberleyThalaiyuthu

In new street additions, Stary Oskol built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Camberley built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Thalaiyuthu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Stary Oskol grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Camberley became progressively more disconnected and Thalaiyuthu became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.