Rovenky in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rovenky plotted against Luhans'k and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Rovenky followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Luhans'k which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Rovenky's incremental SNDi rose from 3.74 to 6.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rovenky ranked 5th out of 9 cities in Luhans'k and 64th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Iguatu, Brazil
• Nalhati, India
• Ivanteyevka, Russia
• Deder, Ethiopia
• Hexi, China
• Sandesh, India

In new street additions, Rovenky fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Iguatu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Deder built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Rovenky and Iguatu both became progressively more disconnected, while Deder grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Rovenky had a more sprawly network than Deder in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.