Дзержинский район in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Дзержинский район plotted against Sverdlovsk and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Дзержинский район was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Sverdlovsk which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Дзержинский район's incremental SNDi rose from 1.88 to 2.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Дзержинский район ranked 1st out of 8 cities in Sverdlovsk and 25th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Sungailiat, Indonesia
• Suruç, Turkey
• Suiping, China
• Saqultah, Egypt
• Niwai, India
• Jatibarang, Indonesia

In new street additions, Дзержинский район built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sungailiat built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Saqultah built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Sungailiat and Saqultah both became progressively more disconnected, while Дзержинский район became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.