Ozyorsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ozyorsk in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ozyorsk plotted against Chelyabinsk and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Ozyorsk was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Chelyabinsk which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Ozyorsk's incremental SNDi rose from 1.41 to 1.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ozyorsk ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Chelyabinsk and 36th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.55
- Rank in Russia
- 3rd of 252
- Rank in Chelyabinsk
- 1st of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.78
- Rank in Russia
- 36th of 252
- Rank in Chelyabinsk
- 2nd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Dhemaji, India
- Kawkareik, Myanmar
- Suq Shamar, Yemen
- Vakhsh, Tajikistan
- Kungrad, Uzbekistan
- Moyobamba, Peru
While Dhemaji and Vakhsh both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ozyorsk built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Dhemaji and Vakhsh both became progressively more disconnected, while Ozyorsk became progressively more connected. Ozyorsk and Dhemaji have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.