Čačak in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cacak in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CacakMoravicki (Region)Serbia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Čačak plotted against Moravički and Serbia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Čačak's incremental SNDi rose from 5.72 to 6.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Čačak ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Moravički and 10th out of 13 in Serbia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.54
Rank in Serbia
11th of 13
Rank in Moravički
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.34
Rank in Serbia
10th of 13
Rank in Moravički
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CacakGelaShofirkon

In new street additions, Čačak built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Shofirkon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Čačak had a more sprawly network than Shofirkon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.