Zenica in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zenica in context

4.85.66.47.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.85.66.47.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZenicaFederacija Bosna i Hercegovina (Region)Bosnia and Herzegovina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zenica 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, Zenica's incremental SNDi rose from 6.26 to 7.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zenica ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina and 5th out of 5 in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.1
Rank in Bosnia and Herzegovina
4th of 5
Rank in Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.36
Rank in Bosnia and Herzegovina
5th of 5
Rank in Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZenicaWulongBoulogne-sur-Mer

In new street additions, Zenica built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Wulong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Boulogne-sur-Mer built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Zenica and Boulogne-sur-Mer both became progressively more disconnected, while Wulong fluctuated in connectivity.