Darlington in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Darlington in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Darlington plotted against England and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in Darlington rose steadily, compared to England which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Darlington's incremental SNDi rose from 4.9 to 4.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Darlington ranked 65th out of 124 cities in England and 73rd out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.94
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 102nd of 143
- Rank in England
- 92nd of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.6
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 73rd of 143
- Rank in England
- 65th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Darlington built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sengerema fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Alamdanga built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Darlington became progressively more disconnected, while Sengerema fluctuated in connectivity and Alamdanga became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.