Novomoskovsk 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 Novomoskovsk plotted against Tula and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Novomoskovsk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tula which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Novomoskovsk's incremental SNDi fell from 2.69 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Novomoskovsk ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Tula and 48th 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?

• Rudrapur, India
• Sinwon, North Korea
• Nampa, United States
• Daule, Ecuador
• Tiaong, Philippines
• Dexing, China

While Rudrapur and Daule both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Novomoskovsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Novomoskovsk became progressively more disconnected, while Rudrapur fluctuated in connectivity and Daule grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Novomoskovsk and Rudrapur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.