Sarajevo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sarajevo plotted against Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina and Bosnia and Herzegovina. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sarajevo's incremental SNDi rose from 6.03 to 6.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sarajevo ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina and 2nd out of 5 in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Balurghat, India
• Barmer, India
• Kodarma, India
• Sumedang, Indonesia
• Dalla, India
• Saransk, Russia

While Balurghat and Sumedang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Sarajevo built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Sarajevo and Balurghat both became progressively more disconnected, while Sumedang fluctuated in connectivity. Sarajevo and Sumedang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.