Lutsk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lutsk in context

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LutskVolyn (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lutsk plotted against Volyn and Ukraine. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lutsk's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 3.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lutsk ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Volyn and 43rd out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in Ukraine
25th of 75
Rank in Volyn
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Ukraine
43rd of 75
Rank in Volyn
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LutskUnaizahMagboro

In new street additions, Lutsk and Unaizah both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Magboro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Lutsk had a more connected network than Unaizah in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.