Yekaterinburg in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yekaterinburg in context

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
YekaterinburgSverdlovsk (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yekaterinburg plotted against Sverdlovsk and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Yekaterinburg's incremental SNDi rose from 2.8 to 3.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yekaterinburg ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in Sverdlovsk and 66th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in Russia
112th of 252
Rank in Sverdlovsk
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in Russia
66th of 252
Rank in Sverdlovsk
3rd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YekaterinburgJalandharLyon

In new street additions, Yekaterinburg built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jalandhar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lyon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.