Murmansk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Murmansk in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MurmanskRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Murmansk plotted against Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Murmansk peaked in 1991-2005, while Russia rose steadily. Most recently, Murmansk's incremental SNDi fell from 2.86 to 2.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Murmansk ranked 81st out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in Russia
23rd of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.13
Rank in Russia
81st of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MurmanskCaruaruOruro

In new street additions, Murmansk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Caruaru fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Oruro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Murmansk and Caruaru have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.