Serov in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Serov 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
SerovSverdlovsk (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Serov plotted against Sverdlovsk and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Serov followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Sverdlovsk which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Serov's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 3.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Serov ranked 6th out of 8 cities in Sverdlovsk and 106th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in Russia
121st of 252
Rank in Sverdlovsk
6th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in Russia
106th of 252
Rank in Sverdlovsk
6th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SerovAriquemesGrand-Bassam

While Ariquemes and Grand-Bassam both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Serov fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Serov and Grand-Bassam have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.