Kadiivka in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kadiivka in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kadiivka plotted against Luhans'k and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Kadiivka peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Luhans'k which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Kadiivka's incremental SNDi fell from 7.14 to 3.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kadiivka ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Luhans'k and 74th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.97
- Rank in Ukraine
- 47th of 75
- Rank in Luhans'k
- 3rd of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.69
- Rank in Ukraine
- 74th of 75
- Rank in Luhans'k
- 8th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Kadiivka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Litang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Konongo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kadiivka and Konongo both became progressively more disconnected, while Litang fluctuated in connectivity. Kadiivka and Konongo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.