Chapaevsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chapaevsk in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChapaevskSamara (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chapaevsk plotted against Samara and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chapaevsk's incremental SNDi rose from 1.73 to 4.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chapaevsk ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Samara and 15th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.85
Rank in Russia
209th of 252
Rank in Samara
4th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.54
Rank in Russia
15th of 252
Rank in Samara
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChapaevskChak JhumraKherli

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