Elbasan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Elbasan in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ElbasanAlbania (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Elbasan plotted against Albania. Both Elbasan and Albania follow the same trend. Most recently, Elbasan's incremental SNDi rose from 4.54 to 5.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elbasan ranked 2nd out of 6 in Albania as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.4
Rank in Albania
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Albania
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ElbasanKasserineTreviso

In new street additions, Elbasan built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kasserine fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Treviso built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Elbasan had a more connected network than Treviso in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.