Hoyland in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hoyland in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HoylandEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hoyland plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hoyland's incremental SNDi fell from 5.72 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hoyland ranked 97th out of 124 cities in England and 108th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in United Kingdom
58th of 143
Rank in England
52nd of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.95
Rank in United Kingdom
108th of 143
Rank in England
97th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HoylandMeitanUman

In new street additions, Hoyland built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Meitan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Uman built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Hoyland and Meitan both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Uman became progressively more disconnected. Hoyland and Meitan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.