Lozova in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lozova in context

1.82.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LozovaKharkiv (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lozova plotted against Kharkiv and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Lozova peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Kharkiv which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Lozova's incremental SNDi fell from 3.27 to 3.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lozova ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Kharkiv and 37th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.26
Rank in Ukraine
28th of 75
Rank in Kharkiv
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Ukraine
37th of 75
Rank in Kharkiv
2nd of 2

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
LozovaBurdurBanjaran

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