Novokuznetsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Novokuznetsk in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NovokuznetskKemerovo (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Novokuznetsk plotted against Kemerovo and Russia. While Kemerovo and Russia both rose steadily, Novokuznetsk's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Novokuznetsk's incremental SNDi rose from 3.84 to 4.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Novokuznetsk ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Kemerovo and 225th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.36
Rank in Russia
192nd of 252
Rank in Kemerovo
4th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Russia
225th of 252
Rank in Kemerovo
6th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NovokuznetskHullQidong

While Hull and Qidong both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Novokuznetsk built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Novokuznetsk and Hull both became progressively more disconnected, while Qidong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.