Kursk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kursk 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
KurskRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kursk plotted against Russia. Both Kursk and Russia follow the same trend. Most recently, Kursk's incremental SNDi rose from 2.88 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kursk ranked 95th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in Russia
148th of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Russia
95th of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KurskVarnaRas Al Khaimah

In new street additions, Kursk and Varna both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ras Al Khaimah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Kursk had a more sprawly network than Varna in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.