Kirkby-in-Ashfield in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kirkby-in-Ashfield 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
Kirkby-in-AshfieldEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kirkby-in-Ashfield plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kirkby-in-Ashfield's incremental SNDi fell from 5.45 to 5.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kirkby-in-Ashfield ranked 86th out of 124 cities in England and 97th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.25
Rank in United Kingdom
110th of 143
Rank in England
99th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in United Kingdom
97th of 143
Rank in England
86th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Kirkby-in-AshfieldDoro GowonOvalle

In new street additions, Kirkby-in-Ashfield built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Doro Gowon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ovalle built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Doro Gowon both became progressively more disconnected, while Ovalle became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Ovalle have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.