Niš in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nis in context

3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NisNisavski (Region)Serbia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Niš plotted against Nišavski and Serbia. The SNDi of new construction in Niš peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nišavski which peaked in 1991-2005 and Serbia which rose steadily. Most recently, Niš's incremental SNDi fell from 3.72 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Niš ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Nišavski and 6th out of 13 in Serbia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in Serbia
4th of 13
Rank in Nišavski
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.07
Rank in Serbia
6th of 13
Rank in Nišavski
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NisLin'an DistrictDijon

In new street additions, Niš built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lin'an District fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dijon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Niš and Lin'an District both became progressively more disconnected, while Dijon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Niš and Lin'an District have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.