Ленинский in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Leninskii 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
LeninskiiUl'yanovsk (Region)Russia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ленинский plotted against Ul'yanovsk and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ленинский's incremental SNDi rose from 1.92 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ленинский ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Ul'yanovsk and 19th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Russia
26th of 252
Rank in Ul'yanovsk
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.61
Rank in Russia
19th of 252
Rank in Ul'yanovsk
1st of 3

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
LeninskiiGitegaPinar del Rio

While Gitega and Pinar del Rio both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Ленинский built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ленинский and Pinar del Rio have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.