Miass in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Miass in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MiassChelyabinsk (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Miass plotted against Chelyabinsk and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Miass's incremental SNDi rose from 3.17 to 6.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Miass ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Chelyabinsk and 63rd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.14
Rank in Russia
237th of 252
Rank in Chelyabinsk
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in Russia
63rd of 252
Rank in Chelyabinsk
4th of 7

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
MiassSan Giuseppe VesuvianoChester

While San Giuseppe Vesuviano and Chester both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Miass built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.