Sumy in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sumy in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sumy plotted against Ukraine. Both Sumy and Ukraine follow the same trend. Most recently, Sumy's incremental SNDi rose from 2.13 to 2.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sumy ranked 7th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.96
- Rank in Ukraine
- 21st of 75
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.66
- Rank in Ukraine
- 7th of 75
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Sumy built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shakar Garh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Funing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sumy and Funing both became progressively more disconnected, while Shakar Garh fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sumy had a more sprawly network than Funing in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.