Nizhny Novgorod in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nizhny Novgorod in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nizhny NovgorodNizhegorod (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nizhny Novgorod plotted against Nizhegorod and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nizhny Novgorod's incremental SNDi rose from 2.68 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nizhny Novgorod ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Nizhegorod and 49th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Russia
126th of 252
Rank in Nizhegorod
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Russia
49th of 252
Rank in Nizhegorod
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nizhny NovgorodTegucigalpaAnyang

In new street additions, Nizhny Novgorod built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tegucigalpa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Anyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.