Kopeysk in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kopeysk in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kopeysk plotted against Chelyabinsk and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Kopeysk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Chelyabinsk which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kopeysk's incremental SNDi fell from 2.59 to 2.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kopeysk ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Chelyabinsk and 60th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.19
- Rank in Russia
- 27th of 252
- Rank in Chelyabinsk
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.98
- Rank in Russia
- 60th of 252
- Rank in Chelyabinsk
- 3rd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Andalyp, Turkmenistan
- Point Pleasant, United States
- Kadiyam, India
- Amber, India
- Itacoatiara, Brazil
- Kheragarh, India
In new street additions, Kopeysk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Andalyp fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Amber fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kopeysk became progressively more disconnected, while Andalyp fluctuated in connectivity and Amber fluctuated in connectivity. Kopeysk and Amber have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.