Yelets in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yelets in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YeletsLipetsk (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yelets plotted against Lipetsk and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Yelets's incremental SNDi rose from 4.87 to 5.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yelets ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Lipetsk and 203rd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.05
Rank in Russia
219th of 252
Rank in Lipetsk
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in Russia
203rd of 252
Rank in Lipetsk
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YeletsWanyuanKhusalpur

In new street additions, Yelets built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Wanyuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Khusalpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Yelets became progressively more disconnected, while Wanyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Khusalpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Yelets and Wanyuan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.