Cheboksary in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cheboksary in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CheboksaryChuvash (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cheboksary plotted against Chuvash and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Cheboksary's incremental SNDi rose from 1.98 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cheboksary ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Chuvash and 18th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Russia
21st of 252
Rank in Chuvash
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.61
Rank in Russia
18th of 252
Rank in Chuvash
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CheboksaryKurnoolNdola

Cheboksary, Kurnool, and Ndola all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.