Khartsyzk in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Khartsyzk in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Khartsyzk plotted against Donets'k and Ukraine. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Khartsyzk's incremental SNDi rose from 2.34 to 4.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khartsyzk ranked 2nd out of 11 cities in Donets'k and 5th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.01
- Rank in Ukraine
- 50th of 75
- Rank in Donets'k
- 8th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.58
- Rank in Ukraine
- 5th of 75
- Rank in Donets'k
- 2nd of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Le Port, Réunion
- Qarabagh, Afghanistan
- Yangshan, China
- Khargone, India
- Hongjiang, China
- Bayda, Libya
Khartsyzk, Le Port, and Khargone all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Khartsyzk and Le Port have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.