Gjakova in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gjakova in context

4.24.85.46<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.24.85.46<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GjakovaDakovica (Region)Kosovo (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gjakova plotted against Đakovica and Kosovo. The SNDi of new construction in Gjakova followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Đakovica which rose steadily and Kosovo which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Gjakova's incremental SNDi rose from 4.75 to 5.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gjakova ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Đakovica and 1st out of 6 in Kosovo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.88
Rank in Kosovo
3rd of 6
Rank in Đakovica
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.44
Rank in Kosovo
1st of 6
Rank in Đakovica
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GjakovaWenxiBuheung-dong

In new street additions, Gjakova fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wenxi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Buheung-dong built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Gjakova and Buheung-dong both became progressively more disconnected, while Wenxi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Gjakova and Wenxi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.