Oryol in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oryol 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
OryolOrel (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oryol plotted against Orel and Russia. While Orel and Russia both rose steadily, Oryol's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Oryol's incremental SNDi rose from 2.11 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oryol ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Orel and 32nd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Russia
45th of 252
Rank in Orel
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in Russia
32nd of 252
Rank in Orel
1st of 2

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
OryolSurendranagarAbonnema

In new street additions, Oryol and Surendranagar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Abonnema fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Oryol and Surendranagar both became progressively more disconnected, while Abonnema fluctuated in connectivity. Oryol and Surendranagar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.