Yugorsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yugorsk plotted against Khanty-Mansiy and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Yugorsk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Khanty-Mansiy which peaked in 1976-1990 and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Yugorsk's incremental SNDi fell from 2.5 to 1.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yugorsk ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Khanty-Mansiy and 64th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Chenari, India
• Colônia de Férias Ministro João Cleófas, Brazil
• Taher, Algeria
• Mahuar, India
• Koulikoro, Mali
• Kakching, India

While Chenari and Mahuar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Yugorsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Chenari and Mahuar both became progressively more disconnected, while Yugorsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Yugorsk and Mahuar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.