Berdychiv in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Berdychiv 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
BerdychivZhytomyr (Region)Ukraine (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Berdychiv plotted against Zhytomyr and Ukraine. The SNDi of new construction in Berdychiv peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Zhytomyr which rose steadily and Ukraine which rose steadily. Most recently, Berdychiv's incremental SNDi fell from 3.83 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Berdychiv ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Zhytomyr and 62nd out of 75 in Ukraine as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in Ukraine
43rd of 75
Rank in Zhytomyr
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Ukraine
62nd of 75
Rank in Zhytomyr
1st of 2

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
BerdychivBilwiDidwana

In new street additions, Berdychiv and Bilwi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Didwana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Berdychiv had a more sprawly network than Bilwi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.