Tuapse in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tuapse in context

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TuapseKrasnodar (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tuapse plotted against Krasnodar and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tuapse's incremental SNDi rose from 6.42 to 10.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tuapse ranked 15th out of 15 cities in Krasnodar and 250th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.72
Rank in Russia
252nd of 252
Rank in Krasnodar
15th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.95
Rank in Russia
250th of 252
Rank in Krasnodar
15th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TuapseBafataNarita

In new street additions, Tuapse built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bafatá fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Narita built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Tuapse and Narita both became progressively more disconnected, while Bafatá fluctuated in connectivity. Tuapse and Narita have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.