Oleksandriia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oleksandriia in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OleksandriiaKirovohrad (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oleksandriia plotted against Kirovohrad and Ukraine. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Oleksandriia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.5 to 4.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oleksandriia ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Kirovohrad and 34th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.24
Rank in Ukraine
57th of 75
Rank in Kirovohrad
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in Ukraine
34th of 75
Rank in Kirovohrad
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OleksandriiaChakdahaKundla

In new street additions, Oleksandriia and Kundla both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chakdaha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Oleksandriia became progressively more disconnected, while Chakdaha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Kundla fluctuated in connectivity. Oleksandriia and Kundla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.