Yenakiieve in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yenakiieve in context

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
YenakiieveDonets'k (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yenakiieve plotted against Donets'k and Ukraine. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Yenakiieve's incremental SNDi rose from 3.62 to 4.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yenakiieve ranked 5th out of 11 cities in Donets'k and 16th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.72
Rank in Ukraine
65th of 75
Rank in Donets'k
11th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Ukraine
16th of 75
Rank in Donets'k
5th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YenakiieveTebelaLuanzhou

While Tebela and Luanzhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Yenakiieve built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Yenakiieve became progressively more disconnected, while Tebela fluctuated in connectivity and Luanzhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Yenakiieve and Tebela have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.