Elektrostal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Elektrostal in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ElektrostalMoskva (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Elektrostal plotted against Moskva and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Elektrostal was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Moskva which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Elektrostal's incremental SNDi rose from 1.25 to 2.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elektrostal ranked 2nd out of 17 cities in Moskva and 6th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Russia
20th of 252
Rank in Moskva
3rd of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.41
Rank in Russia
6th of 252
Rank in Moskva
2nd of 17

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
ElektrostalDinaCaen

In new street additions, Elektrostal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Dina fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Caen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Elektrostal became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Dina became progressively more disconnected and Caen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Elektrostal and Dina have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.