Grays in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Grays in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Grays plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Grays's incremental SNDi fell from 5.55 to 4.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Grays ranked 122nd out of 124 cities in England and 138th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.43
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 88th of 143
- Rank in England
- 80th of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.74
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 138th of 143
- Rank in England
- 122nd of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Pemba, Mozambique
- Borujerd, Iran
- Alipurduar, India
- Himatnagar, India
- Kotabumi, Indonesia
In new street additions, Grays and Aberdeen both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Alipurduar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Aberdeen and Alipurduar both became progressively more disconnected, while Grays grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Grays and Alipurduar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.