Shakhty in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shakhty in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShakhtyRostov (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shakhty plotted against Rostov and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shakhty's incremental SNDi rose from 3.8 to 4.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shakhty ranked 4th out of 9 cities in Rostov and 125th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.0
Rank in Russia
166th of 252
Rank in Rostov
6th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Russia
125th of 252
Rank in Rostov
4th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShakhtyGangavathiColonelganj

In new street additions, Shakhty built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gangavathi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Colonelganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Gangavathi and Colonelganj both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Shakhty became progressively more disconnected.