Honey Gables in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Honey Gables in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Honey GablesOntario (Region)Canada (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Honey Gables plotted against Ontario and Canada. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Honey Gables's incremental SNDi fell from 2.48 to 2.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Honey Gables ranked 6th out of 24 cities in Ontario and 9th out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Canada
1st of 54
Rank in Ontario
1st of 24

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Canada
9th of 54
Rank in Ontario
6th of 24

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Honey GablesKozhencherryQiandeng

In new street additions, Honey Gables built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kozhencherry built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Qiandeng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Honey Gables grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kozhencherry became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Qiandeng fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Honey Gables had a more sprawly network than Qiandeng in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.