Kyiv in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kyiv 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
KyivKiev City (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kyiv plotted against Kiev City and Ukraine. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kyiv's incremental SNDi rose from 3.17 to 4.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kyiv ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Kiev City and 45th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.0
Rank in Ukraine
48th of 75
Rank in Kiev City
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Ukraine
45th of 75
Rank in Kiev City
1st of 1

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
KyivAsansolGuayaquil

While Asansol and Guayaquil both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Kyiv built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Kyiv had a more connected network than Guayaquil in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.