Berdiansk in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Berdiansk in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BerdianskZaporizhia (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Berdiansk plotted against Zaporizhia and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Berdiansk followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Zaporizhia which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Berdiansk's incremental SNDi rose from 1.75 to 2.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Berdiansk ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Zaporizhia and 4th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.29
Rank in Ukraine
11th of 75
Rank in Zaporizhia
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.48
Rank in Ukraine
4th of 75
Rank in Zaporizhia
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BerdianskTikritKakrala

In new street additions, Berdiansk and Tikrit both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kakrala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Berdiansk became progressively more disconnected, while Tikrit grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kakrala fluctuated in connectivity.