Pokrovsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pokrovsk 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
PokrovskDonets'k (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pokrovsk plotted against Donets'k and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Pokrovsk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Donets'k which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Pokrovsk's incremental SNDi fell from 4.26 to 2.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pokrovsk ranked 6th out of 11 cities in Donets'k and 27th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.89
Rank in Ukraine
19th of 75
Rank in Donets'k
4th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in Ukraine
27th of 75
Rank in Donets'k
6th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PokrovskPapanasamShinkafi

In new street additions, Pokrovsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Papanasam built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Shinkafi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Pokrovsk and Shinkafi both became progressively more disconnected, while Papanasam became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Pokrovsk and Papanasam have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.