Sloviansk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sloviansk in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SlovianskDonets'k (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sloviansk plotted against Donets'k and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Sloviansk peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Donets'k which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Sloviansk's incremental SNDi fell from 2.13 to 1.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sloviansk ranked 3rd out of 11 cities in Donets'k and 6th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.7
Rank in Ukraine
2nd of 75
Rank in Donets'k
1st of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.58
Rank in Ukraine
6th of 75
Rank in Donets'k
3rd of 11

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
SlovianskChengwuTorquay

In new street additions, Sloviansk and Torquay both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Chengwu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sloviansk and Chengwu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.