Lobnya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lobnya in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LobnyaMoskva (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lobnya plotted against Moskva and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lobnya's incremental SNDi rose from 2.84 to 2.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lobnya ranked 9th out of 17 cities in Moskva and 75th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Russia
78th of 252
Rank in Moskva
5th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in Russia
75th of 252
Rank in Moskva
9th 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
LobnyaMahmoudiyahHaroa

In new street additions, Lobnya built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mahmoudiyah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Haroa built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Lobnya and Mahmoudiyah both became progressively more disconnected, while Haroa became progressively more connected.