Elland in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Elland in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Elland plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Elland's incremental SNDi fell from 5.25 to 3.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Elland ranked 67th out of 124 cities in England and 75th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.55
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 36th of 143
- Rank in England
- 32nd of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.61
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 75th of 143
- Rank in England
- 67th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Qin'an, China
- Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine
- Las Piedras, Uruguay
- Tartus, Syria
- Chenggu, China
- Hanshou, China
While Qin'an and Tartus both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Elland built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Elland and Tartus both became progressively more disconnected, while Qin'an fluctuated in connectivity. Elland and Qin'an have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.