Novotroitsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Novotroitsk in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NovotroitskOrenburg (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Novotroitsk plotted against Orenburg and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Novotroitsk peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Orenburg which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Novotroitsk's incremental SNDi fell from 1.0 to 0.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Novotroitsk ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Orenburg and 2nd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
0.5
Rank in Russia
1st of 252
Rank in Orenburg
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.26
Rank in Russia
2nd of 252
Rank in Orenburg
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
051015<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NovotroitskBukamaTakum

In new street additions, Novotroitsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Bukama built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Takum built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Bukama and Takum both became progressively more disconnected, while Novotroitsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Novotroitsk and Takum have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.