Chernihiv in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chernihiv in context

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChernihivUkraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chernihiv plotted against Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Chernihiv peaked in 1991-2005, while Ukraine rose steadily. Most recently, Chernihiv's incremental SNDi fell from 2.81 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chernihiv ranked 30th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Ukraine
13th of 75

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in Ukraine
30th of 75

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChernihivPunto FijoLimeira

While Punto Fijo and Limeira both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Chernihiv built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Chernihiv had a more sprawly network than Punto Fijo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.