Chester-le-Street in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chester-le-Street in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Chester-le-StreetEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chester-le-Street plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chester-le-Street's incremental SNDi fell from 4.9 to 3.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chester-le-Street ranked 100th out of 124 cities in England and 112th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in United Kingdom
16th of 143
Rank in England
13th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.0
Rank in United Kingdom
112th of 143
Rank in England
100th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Chester-le-StreetDayuNing'an

In new street additions, Chester-le-Street built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dayu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ning'an built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Dayu and Ning'an both became progressively more disconnected, while Chester-le-Street grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Chester-le-Street had a more sprawly network than Ning'an in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.