Naberezhnye Chelny 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 Naberezhnye Chelny plotted against Tatarstan and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Naberezhnye Chelny was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Tatarstan which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Naberezhnye Chelny's incremental SNDi rose from 1.95 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Naberezhnye Chelny ranked 2nd out of 8 cities in Tatarstan and 54th 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?

• Chaoyang, China
• Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
• Binzhou, China
• Benguela, Angola
• Dimapur, India
• Ghazipur, India

In new street additions, Naberezhnye Chelny built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Chaoyang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Benguela built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Chaoyang and Benguela both became progressively more disconnected, while Naberezhnye Chelny became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Naberezhnye Chelny and Chaoyang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.