Kutaisi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kutaisi in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KutaisiImereti (Region)Georgia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kutaisi plotted against Imereti and Georgia. The SNDi of new construction in Kutaisi rose steadily, compared to Imereti which rose steadily and Georgia which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Kutaisi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.54 to 4.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kutaisi ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Imereti and 1st out of 3 in Georgia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.88
Rank in Georgia
3rd of 3
Rank in Imereti
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in Georgia
1st of 3
Rank in Imereti
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KutaisiArakkonamLampang

Kutaisi, Arakkonam, and Lampang all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Kutaisi and Arakkonam have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.