Kruševac in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Krusevac in context

3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KrusevacRasinski (Region)Serbia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kruševac plotted against Rasinski and Serbia. The SNDi of new construction in Kruševac peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Rasinski which peaked in 1991-2005 and Serbia which rose steadily. Most recently, Kruševac's incremental SNDi fell from 4.4 to 3.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kruševac ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Rasinski and 8th out of 13 in Serbia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Serbia
3rd of 13
Rank in Rasinski
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.42
Rank in Serbia
8th of 13
Rank in Rasinski
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KrusevacYexieSelden

In new street additions, Kruševac built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Yexie fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Selden built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kruševac grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yexie fluctuated in connectivity and Selden became progressively more disconnected.