Ashford in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ashford in context

33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AshfordEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ashford plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ashford's incremental SNDi fell from 4.07 to 3.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ashford ranked 49th out of 124 cities in England and 56th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in United Kingdom
37th of 143
Rank in England
33rd of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.45
Rank in United Kingdom
56th of 143
Rank in England
49th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AshfordDjibiaSan

While Djibia and San both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ashford built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.