Aldershot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aldershot plotted against England and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in Aldershot followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to England which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Aldershot's incremental SNDi rose from 4.19 to 6.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aldershot ranked 81st out of 124 cities in England and 92nd out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Devarakonda, India
• Trnava, Slovakia
• Pulivendula, India
• Narhat, India
• Barhaj, India
• Unryul, North Korea

In new street additions, Aldershot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Devarakonda built increasingly connected streets over time and Narhat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Aldershot became progressively more disconnected, while Devarakonda became progressively more connected and Narhat became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Aldershot had a more connected network than Devarakonda in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.