Kerch in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kerch in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KerchCrimea (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kerch plotted against Crimea and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Kerch peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Crimea which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Kerch's incremental SNDi fell from 2.01 to 1.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kerch ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Crimea and 15th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.84
Rank in Ukraine
4th of 75
Rank in Crimea
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.98
Rank in Ukraine
15th of 75
Rank in Crimea
2nd of 5

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
KerchNovaraLoning

While Novara and Loning both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Kerch built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Kerch and Loning both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Novara became progressively more disconnected.