Kaluga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kaluga in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KalugaRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kaluga plotted against Russia. The SNDi of new construction in Kaluga peaked in 1991-2005, while Russia rose steadily. Most recently, Kaluga's incremental SNDi fell from 3.9 to 3.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kaluga ranked 70th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in Russia
114th of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.04
Rank in Russia
70th of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KalugaKaiyuanSapele

In new street additions, Kaiyuan and Sapele both fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Kaluga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kaluga and Kaiyuan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.