Kumanovo in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kumanovo in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kumanovo plotted against North Macedonia. The SNDi of new construction in Kumanovo peaked in 1991-2005, while North Macedonia rose steadily. Most recently, Kumanovo's incremental SNDi fell from 5.14 to 5.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kumanovo ranked 4th out of 7 in North Macedonia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.02
- Rank in North Macedonia
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.36
- Rank in North Macedonia
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Zheleznogorsk, Russia
- Changning, China
- Phulbari, Bangladesh
- Fenghuang, China
- Novomoskovsk, Ukraine
- Cheria, Algeria
In new street additions, Kumanovo and Zheleznogorsk both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Fenghuang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Kumanovo and Fenghuang both became progressively more disconnected, while Zheleznogorsk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kumanovo and Zheleznogorsk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.