Sherwood Park in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sherwood Park in context

2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sherwood ParkAlberta (Region)Canada (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sherwood Park plotted against Alberta and Canada. While Alberta and Canada both peaked in 1976-1990, Sherwood Park's new street additions peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Sherwood Park's incremental SNDi fell from 3.25 to 3.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sherwood Park ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Alberta and 46th out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.1
Rank in Canada
22nd of 54
Rank in Alberta
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.26
Rank in Canada
46th of 54
Rank in Alberta
6th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sherwood ParkAgbovilleBeke Kelate

In new street additions, Sherwood Park built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Agboville built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Beke Kelate built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sherwood Park grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Agboville became progressively more disconnected and Beke Kelate fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sherwood Park had a more connected network than Beke Kelate in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.