Шелепино 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 Шелепино plotted against Yaroslavl' and Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Шелепино peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Yaroslavl' which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Russia which rose steadily. Most recently, Шелепино's incremental SNDi fell from 2.96 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Шелепино ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Yaroslavl' and 237th 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?

• Qidong, China
• Jieshi, China
• Brunswick, Germany
• Diourbel, Senegal
• Yanping, China
• Aachen, Germany

In new street additions, Шелепино and Qidong both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Diourbel built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Шелепино and Qidong both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Diourbel became progressively more disconnected. Шелепино and Qidong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.