Pavlovo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pavlovo 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
PavlovoNizhegorod (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pavlovo plotted against Nizhegorod and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pavlovo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.06 to 4.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pavlovo ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Nizhegorod and 115th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.17
Rank in Russia
179th of 252
Rank in Nizhegorod
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Russia
115th of 252
Rank in Nizhegorod
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
PavlovoKryzhanivkaArezzo

In new street additions, Pavlovo and Kryzhanivka both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Arezzo 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, Pavlovo had a more connected network than Arezzo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.