Sal'sk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sal'sk in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sal'skRostov (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sal'sk plotted against Rostov and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sal'sk's incremental SNDi rose from 3.56 to 6.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sal'sk ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Rostov and 167th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.19
Rank in Russia
238th of 252
Rank in Rostov
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in Russia
167th of 252
Rank in Rostov
8th of 9

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
Sal'skUbudBallarat

In new street additions, Sal'sk and Ubud both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ballarat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sal'sk and Ubud have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.