Lysychansk in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lysychansk in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lysychansk plotted against Luhans'k and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Lysychansk followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Luhans'k which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Lysychansk's incremental SNDi rose from 3.11 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lysychansk ranked 4th out of 9 cities in Luhans'k and 50th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.5
- Rank in Ukraine
- 61st of 75
- Rank in Luhans'k
- 7th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.61
- Rank in Ukraine
- 50th of 75
- Rank in Luhans'k
- 4th 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, Lysychansk and Hengdong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Acireale built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Lysychansk and Acireale both became progressively more disconnected, while Hengdong fluctuated in connectivity. Lysychansk and Acireale have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.