Banja Luka in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Banja Luka in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Banja LukaRepuplika Srpska (Region)Bosnia and Herzegovina (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banja Luka plotted against Repuplika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Banja Luka's incremental SNDi rose from 4.7 to 5.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banja Luka ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Repuplika Srpska and 1st out of 5 in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.74
Rank in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2nd of 5
Rank in Repuplika Srpska
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.96
Rank in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1st of 5
Rank in Repuplika Srpska
1st of 1

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
Banja LukaJianpingQixian

While Jianping and Qixian both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Banja Luka built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Banja Luka and Qixian both became progressively more disconnected, while Jianping grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Banja Luka had a more connected network than Jianping in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.