Samara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Samara in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SamaraRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Samara plotted against Russia. Both Samara and Russia follow the same trend. Most recently, Samara's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Samara ranked 62nd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in Russia
152nd of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in Russia
62nd of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SamaraHelsinkiEl Mahalla El Kubra

In new street additions, Samara and El Mahalla El Kubra both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Helsinki fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.