Prilep in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Prilep in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PrilepNorth Macedonia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Prilep plotted against North Macedonia. The SNDi of new construction in Prilep followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while North Macedonia rose steadily. Most recently, Prilep's incremental SNDi rose from 3.77 to 6.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Prilep ranked 2nd out of 7 in North Macedonia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.53
Rank in North Macedonia
6th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in North Macedonia
2nd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PrilepArviNuodong

In new street additions, Prilep fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Arvi built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Nuodong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Prilep and Arvi both became progressively more disconnected, while Nuodong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Prilep and Nuodong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.