Lipetsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lipetsk in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LipetskRussia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lipetsk plotted against Russia. Both Lipetsk and Russia follow the same trend. Most recently, Lipetsk's incremental SNDi rose from 2.75 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lipetsk ranked 134th out of 252 in Russia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in Russia
95th of 252

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Russia
134th of 252

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LipetskShariatpurBanda

In new street additions, Lipetsk and Shariatpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Banda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Lipetsk and Shariatpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Banda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Lipetsk and Shariatpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.