Tambov in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tambov 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
TambovRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tambov plotted against Russia. Both Tambov and Russia follow the same trend. Most recently, Tambov's incremental SNDi rose from 2.23 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tambov ranked 52nd out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Russia
33rd of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Russia
52nd of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TambovPaluBafoussam

While Palu and Bafoussam both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Tambov built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tambov and Bafoussam have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.