Ferizaj in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ferizaj in context

4.555.56<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.555.56<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FerizajUrosevac (Region)Kosovo (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ferizaj plotted against Uroševac and Kosovo. The SNDi of new construction in Ferizaj rose steadily, compared to Uroševac which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Kosovo which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Ferizaj's incremental SNDi rose from 5.74 to 5.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ferizaj ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Uroševac and 6th out of 6 in Kosovo as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.87
Rank in Kosovo
2nd of 6
Rank in Uroševac
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.3
Rank in Kosovo
6th of 6
Rank in Uroševac
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
FerizajLivermoreLvjiatuo

In new street additions, Ferizaj built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Livermore built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Lvjiatuo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ferizaj became progressively more disconnected, while Livermore grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Lvjiatuo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Ferizaj and Lvjiatuo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.