Abakan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abakan in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbakanKrasnoyarsk (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abakan plotted against Krasnoyarsk and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Abakan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Krasnoyarsk which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Abakan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.24 to 3.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abakan ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Krasnoyarsk and 107th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Russia
90th of 252
Rank in Krasnoyarsk
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in Russia
107th of 252
Rank in Krasnoyarsk
2nd of 5

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
AbakanLianyuanQu

In new street additions, Abakan and Lianyuan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Qu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Abakan and Qu both became progressively more disconnected, while Lianyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Abakan and Lianyuan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.