Melitopol in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Melitopol in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Melitopol plotted against Zaporizhia and Ukraine. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Melitopol's incremental SNDi rose from 3.59 to 5.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Melitopol ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Zaporizhia and 39th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.64
- Rank in Ukraine
- 71st of 75
- Rank in Zaporizhia
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.44
- Rank in Ukraine
- 39th of 75
- Rank in Zaporizhia
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Melitopol and Khanakul both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khenchela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Melitopol and Khanakul both became progressively more disconnected, while Khenchela grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Melitopol had a more sprawly network than Khanakul in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.