Chervonohrad 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 Chervonohrad plotted against L'viv and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Chervonohrad followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to L'viv which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Chervonohrad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 2.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chervonohrad ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in L'viv and 18th 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?

• Palo Negro, Venezuela
• Gouda, Netherlands
• Mirsharai, Bangladesh
• Atri, India
• Ja`ar, Yemen
• Yangiyul, Uzbekistan

In new street additions, Chervonohrad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Palo Negro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Atri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Chervonohrad and Palo Negro both became progressively more disconnected, while Atri became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Chervonohrad and Palo Negro have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.