Kamianets-Podilskyi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kamianets-Podilskyi plotted against Khmel'nyts'kyy and Ukraine. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kamianets-Podilskyi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.18 to 4.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kamianets-Podilskyi ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Khmel'nyts'kyy and 56th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Al Salt, Jordan
• Jebel Aulia, Sudan
• Tamanrasset, Algeria
• Daoxu, China
• Sefrou, Morocco
• Thongwa, Myanmar

In new street additions, Kamianets-Podilskyi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Salt built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Daoxu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Al Salt and Daoxu both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kamianets-Podilskyi became progressively more disconnected.