Pančevo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pancevo in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PancevoJuzno-Banatski (Region)Serbia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pančevo plotted against Južno-Banatski and Serbia. While Južno-Banatski and Serbia both rose steadily, Pančevo's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Pančevo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.53 to 4.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pančevo ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Južno-Banatski and 3rd out of 13 in Serbia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.68
Rank in Serbia
7th of 13
Rank in Južno-Banatski
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Serbia
3rd of 13
Rank in Južno-Banatski
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PancevoShangdangShibchar

While Shangdang and Shibchar both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Pančevo built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Pančevo became progressively more disconnected, while Shangdang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Shibchar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.