Novocheboksarsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Novocheboksarsk in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NovocheboksarskChuvash (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Novocheboksarsk plotted against Chuvash and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Novocheboksarsk followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Chuvash which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Novocheboksarsk's incremental SNDi rose from 1.34 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Novocheboksarsk ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Chuvash and 7th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in Russia
60th of 252
Rank in Chuvash
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.41
Rank in Russia
7th of 252
Rank in Chuvash
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NovocheboksarskSirinagarSikka

In new street additions, Novocheboksarsk and Sikka both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sirinagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Novocheboksarsk and Sikka both became progressively more disconnected, while Sirinagar fluctuated in connectivity.