Doncaster in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Doncaster in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Doncaster plotted against England and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in Doncaster rose steadily, compared to England which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Doncaster's incremental SNDi rose from 6.15 to 6.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Doncaster ranked 98th out of 124 cities in England and 110th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.3
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 141st of 143
- Rank in England
- 122nd of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.97
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 110th of 143
- Rank in England
- 98th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Grimsby, United Kingdom
- Bekoji, Ethiopia
- Ghazni, Afghanistan
- Sittwe, Myanmar
- Heemskerk, Netherlands
- Nyunzu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Doncaster, Grimsby, and Sittwe all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Doncaster and Grimsby have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.