Zadar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zadar in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZadarZadarska (Region)Croatia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zadar plotted against Zadarska and Croatia. The SNDi of new construction in Zadar peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Zadarska which rose steadily and Croatia which rose steadily. Most recently, Zadar's incremental SNDi fell from 4.55 to 4.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zadar ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Zadarska and 3rd out of 5 in Croatia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.51
Rank in Croatia
2nd of 5
Rank in Zadarska
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Croatia
3rd of 5
Rank in Zadarska
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZadarDourbaliTotalai

In new street additions, Zadar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dourbali built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Totalai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Zadar and Dourbali both became progressively more disconnected, while Totalai became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.