Artyom in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Artyom 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
ArtyomPrimor'ye (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Artyom plotted against Primor'ye and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Artyom peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Primor'ye which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Artyom's incremental SNDi fell from 3.82 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Artyom ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Primor'ye and 116th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in Russia
153rd of 252
Rank in Primor'ye
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Russia
116th of 252
Rank in Primor'ye
4th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArtyomLungleiLongzhou

In new street additions, Artyom and Longzhou both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lunglei built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Artyom became progressively more disconnected, while Lunglei became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Longzhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.