Homel in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Homel in context

2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.42.73<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HomelGomel (Region)Belarus (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Homel plotted against Gomel and Belarus. The SNDi of new construction in Homel rose steadily, compared to Gomel which peaked in 1991-2005 and Belarus which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Homel's incremental SNDi rose from 2.35 to 2.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Homel ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Gomel and 4th out of 14 in Belarus as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in Belarus
11th of 14
Rank in Gomel
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Belarus
4th of 14
Rank in Gomel
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HomelDresdenHonolulu

In new street additions, Homel and Dresden both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Honolulu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Homel and Dresden both became progressively more disconnected, while Honolulu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Homel and Dresden have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.