Sverdlovsk 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 Sverdlovsk plotted against Luhans'k and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Sverdlovsk peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Luhans'k which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Sverdlovsk's incremental SNDi fell from 3.49 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sverdlovsk ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Luhans'k and 66th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

• Tavşanlı, Turkey
• Laï, Chad
• Kailaras, India
• Shendam, Nigeria
• Jinxi, China
• Chiantla, Guatemala

In new street additions, Sverdlovsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tavşanlı fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Shendam built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Tavşanlı and Shendam both became progressively more disconnected, while Sverdlovsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.