Chernivtsi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chernivtsi in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChernivtsiUkraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chernivtsi plotted against Ukraine. Both Chernivtsi and Ukraine follow the same trend. Most recently, Chernivtsi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 3.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chernivtsi ranked 47th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.72
Rank in Ukraine
44th of 75

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Ukraine
47th of 75

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChernivtsiJinju-siDerby

In new street additions, Chernivtsi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jinju-si fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Derby built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.