Kurgan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kurgan in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KurganRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kurgan plotted against Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Kurgan peaked in 1991-2005, while Russia rose steadily. Most recently, Kurgan's incremental SNDi fell from 4.94 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kurgan ranked 176th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in Russia
147th of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.86
Rank in Russia
176th of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KurganHeidelbergInayat Killi

Kurgan, Heidelberg, and Inayat Killi all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Kurgan and Inayat Killi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.