Mansfield in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mansfield in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MansfieldEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mansfield plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mansfield's incremental SNDi fell from 5.05 to 4.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mansfield ranked 80th out of 124 cities in England and 91st out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.04
Rank in United Kingdom
68th of 143
Rank in England
62nd of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in United Kingdom
91st of 143
Rank in England
80th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MansfieldRepalleColumbia

In new street additions, Mansfield built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Repalle built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Columbia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Mansfield and Repalle both became progressively more disconnected, while Columbia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Mansfield and Repalle have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.