Brianka in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Brianka in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brianka plotted against Luhans'k and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Brianka followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Luhans'k which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Brianka's incremental SNDi rose from 4.11 to 4.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brianka ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Luhans'k and 75th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.3
- Rank in Ukraine
- 58th of 75
- Rank in Luhans'k
- 5th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.29
- Rank in Ukraine
- 75th of 75
- Rank in Luhans'k
- 9th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Boulder, United States
- Pingyuan, China
- Champaign, United States
- Bailhongal, India
- Barletta, Italy
- Um el Qusur, Egypt
In new street additions, Brianka and Bailhongal both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Boulder built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Brianka fluctuated in connectivity, while Boulder grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bailhongal became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.