Novi Pazar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Novi Pazar in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Novi Pazar plotted against Raški and Serbia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Novi Pazar's incremental SNDi rose from 5.61 to 6.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Novi Pazar ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Raški and 11th out of 13 in Serbia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.56
Rank in Serbia
12th of 13
Rank in Raški
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.43
Rank in Serbia
11th of 13
Rank in Raški
1st of 2

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
Novi PazarMahmudpurGyor

In new street additions, Novi Pazar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mahmudpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Gyor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Novi Pazar and Gyor both became progressively more disconnected, while Mahmudpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Novi Pazar and Mahmudpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.