Salekhard in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Salekhard in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salekhard plotted against Yamal-Nenets and Russia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Salekhard's incremental SNDi rose from 3.24 to 6.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salekhard ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Yamal-Nenets and 190th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.25
- Rank in Russia
- 239th of 252
- Rank in Yamal-Nenets
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.02
- Rank in Russia
- 190th of 252
- Rank in Yamal-Nenets
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Salekhard built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pasaje fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Liqu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Salekhard became progressively more disconnected, while Pasaje fluctuated in connectivity and Liqu fluctuated in connectivity. Salekhard and Pasaje have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.