Rossosh 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 Rossosh plotted against Voronezh and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Rossosh was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Voronezh which rose steadily and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Rossosh's incremental SNDi rose from 3.31 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rossosh ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Voronezh and 169th 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?

• Arga Makmur, Indonesia
• Dunkwa-on-Offin, Ghana
• Thippanampatti, India
• Ryongampho-rodongjagu, North Korea
• Catacamas, Honduras
• Birtamod, Nepal

In new street additions, Rossosh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Arga Makmur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ryongampho-rodongjagu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Arga Makmur and Ryongampho-rodongjagu both became progressively more disconnected, while Rossosh became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Rossosh had a more sprawly network than Arga Makmur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.