North Canberra [Canberra] in context: Street-network sprawl trends
North Canberra [Canberra] in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with North Canberra [Canberra] plotted against Australian Capital Territory and Australia. The SNDi of new construction in North Canberra [Canberra] followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Australian Capital Territory which peaked in 1991-2005 and Australia which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, North Canberra [Canberra]'s incremental SNDi fell from 1.98 to 1.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, North Canberra [Canberra] ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Australian Capital Territory and 1st out of 35 in Australia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.38
- Rank in Australia
- 1st of 35
- Rank in Australian Capital Territory
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.62
- Rank in Australia
- 1st of 35
- Rank in Australian Capital Territory
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- 옥정신도시, South Korea
- Al Qusair, Syria
- Akyazı, Turkey
- Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Cintalapa, México
- Baragashi, India
In new street additions, North Canberra [Canberra] fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while 옥정신도시 built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Brčko built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, North Canberra [Canberra] fluctuated in connectivity, while 옥정신도시 became progressively more connected and Brčko became progressively more disconnected. North Canberra [Canberra] and 옥정신도시 have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.