Syktyvkar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Syktyvkar in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SyktyvkarKomi (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Syktyvkar plotted against Komi and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Syktyvkar peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Komi which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Syktyvkar's incremental SNDi fell from 4.06 to 3.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Syktyvkar ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Komi and 131st out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.36
Rank in Russia
115th of 252
Rank in Komi
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in Russia
131st of 252
Rank in Komi
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SyktyvkarGamhariaMalikbeg

In new street additions, Syktyvkar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gamharia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Malikbeg built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Syktyvkar became progressively more disconnected, while Gamharia fluctuated in connectivity and Malikbeg became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.