Kuznetsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kuznetsk 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
KuznetskPenza (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kuznetsk plotted against Penza and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Kuznetsk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Penza which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kuznetsk's incremental SNDi fell from 3.44 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kuznetsk ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Penza and 85th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Russia
97th of 252
Rank in Penza
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Russia
85th of 252
Rank in Penza
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KuznetskDamaiyuGazole

In new street additions, Kuznetsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Damaiyu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gazole built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kuznetsk and Damaiyu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.