Lowestoft in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lowestoft in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lowestoft plotted against England and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in Lowestoft rose steadily, compared to England which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Lowestoft's incremental SNDi rose from 4.11 to 4.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lowestoft ranked 44th out of 124 cities in England and 51st out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.44
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 92nd of 143
- Rank in England
- 83rd of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.41
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 51st of 143
- Rank in England
- 44th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Lowestoft, Bedessa, and Lodi all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Lowestoft and Bedessa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.