Южный in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Iuzhnyi in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IuzhnyiSverdlovsk (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Южный plotted against Sverdlovsk and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Южный's incremental SNDi rose from 2.48 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Южный ranked 5th out of 8 cities in Sverdlovsk and 82nd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Russia
64th of 252
Rank in Sverdlovsk
1st of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.13
Rank in Russia
82nd of 252
Rank in Sverdlovsk
5th of 8

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
IuzhnyiWacoPulivendula

In new street additions, Южный and Waco both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pulivendula fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Южный and Waco both became progressively more disconnected, while Pulivendula became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.