Zaporizhzhia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zaporizhzhia in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZaporizhzhiaZaporizhia (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zaporizhzhia plotted against Zaporizhia and Ukraine. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Zaporizhzhia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.57 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zaporizhzhia ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Zaporizhia and 40th out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.5
Rank in Ukraine
62nd of 75
Rank in Zaporizhia
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Ukraine
40th of 75
Rank in Zaporizhia
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZaporizhzhiaJalgaonBonn

In new street additions, Zaporizhzhia and Jalgaon both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bonn fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Zaporizhzhia had a more sprawly network than Jalgaon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.