Orekhovo-Zouïevo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Orekhovo-Zouievo 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
Orekhovo-ZouievoMoskva (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Orekhovo-Zouïevo plotted against Moskva and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Orekhovo-Zouïevo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.3 to 3.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Orekhovo-Zouïevo ranked 4th out of 17 cities in Moskva and 27th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in Russia
130th of 252
Rank in Moskva
11th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in Russia
27th of 252
Rank in Moskva
4th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Orekhovo-ZouievohongweoneubDebre Markos

In new street additions, Orekhovo-Zouïevo and Debre Markos both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while 홍원읍 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, Orekhovo-Zouïevo had a more sprawly network than Debre Markos in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.