Minusinsk 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 Minusinsk plotted against Krasnoyarsk and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Minusinsk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Krasnoyarsk which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Minusinsk's incremental SNDi fell from 2.87 to 2.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Minusinsk ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Krasnoyarsk and 105th 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?

• Qikou, China
• Pianguan, China
• Campana, Argentina
• Tuanfeng, China
• Palaw, Myanmar
• Xia, China

In new street additions, Minusinsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Qikou built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Tuanfeng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Minusinsk became progressively more disconnected, while Qikou became progressively more connected and Tuanfeng fluctuated in connectivity. Minusinsk and Qikou have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.