Poltava in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Poltava in context

2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.64<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PoltavaUkraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Poltava plotted against Ukraine. Both Poltava and Ukraine follow the same trend. Most recently, Poltava's incremental SNDi rose from 3.39 to 3.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Poltava ranked 61st out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.69
Rank in Ukraine
42nd of 75

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in Ukraine
61st of 75

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PoltavaMorbiLeping

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