Leskovac in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Leskovac plotted against Jablanički and Serbia. The SNDi of new construction in Leskovac peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Jablanički which peaked in 1991-2005 and Serbia which rose steadily. Most recently, Leskovac's incremental SNDi fell from 4.44 to 2.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Leskovac ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Jablanički and 5th out of 13 in Serbia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Bhokar, India
• Aschaffenburg, Germany
• Luxi, China
• Al Khidhr, Iraq
• Barra Bonita, Brazil
• Pidong, China

In new street additions, Leskovac built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bhokar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Al Khidhr built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Leskovac became progressively more disconnected, while Bhokar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Al Khidhr became progressively more connected. Leskovac and Bhokar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.