Split in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Split in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SplitSplitsko-Dalmatinska (Region)Croatia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Split plotted against Splitsko-Dalmatinska and Croatia. While Splitsko-Dalmatinska and Croatia both rose steadily, Split's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Split's incremental SNDi rose from 5.62 to 6.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Split ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Splitsko-Dalmatinska and 4th out of 5 in Croatia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.92
Rank in Croatia
5th of 5
Rank in Splitsko-Dalmatinska
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in Croatia
4th of 5
Rank in Splitsko-Dalmatinska
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SplitBresciaUst-Kamenogorsk

While Brescia and Ust-Kamenogorsk both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Split built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Split and Ust-Kamenogorsk both became progressively more disconnected, while Brescia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Split and Brescia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.