Drachevo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Drachevo in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DrachevoKisela Voda (Region)North Macedonia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Drachevo plotted against Kisela Voda and North Macedonia. The SNDi of new construction in Drachevo followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Kisela Voda which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and North Macedonia which rose steadily. Most recently, Drachevo's incremental SNDi rose from 5.52 to 5.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Drachevo ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Kisela Voda and 6th out of 7 in North Macedonia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.72
Rank in North Macedonia
3rd of 7
Rank in Kisela Voda
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.16
Rank in North Macedonia
6th of 7
Rank in Kisela Voda
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
DrachevoSunbatChangxing

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