Zelenograd in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Zelenograd in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zelenograd plotted against Moskva and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Zelenograd's incremental SNDi rose from 3.13 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zelenograd ranked 12th out of 17 cities in Moskva and 138th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.18
- Rank in Russia
- 180th of 252
- Rank in Moskva
- 15th of 17
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.52
- Rank in Russia
- 138th of 252
- Rank in Moskva
- 12th of 17
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Zelenograd and Qaraziadin both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Masaurhi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Zelenograd and Masaurhi both became progressively more disconnected, while Qaraziadin became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Zelenograd and Qaraziadin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.