Alexandrov 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 Alexandrov plotted against Vladimir and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Alexandrov peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Vladimir which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Alexandrov's incremental SNDi fell from 5.9 to 5.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Alexandrov ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Vladimir and 232nd 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?

• Nasugbu, Philippines
• Buhalpur, India
• Almoloya de Juárez, México
• Binga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Thippanampatti, India
• Dunkwa-on-Offin, Ghana

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