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

In new street additions, Shangdang and Shibchar both fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Pančevo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. 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.