Oswaldtwistle in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Oswaldtwistle in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oswaldtwistle plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Oswaldtwistle's incremental SNDi fell from 5.39 to 4.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oswaldtwistle ranked 4th out of 124 cities in England and 6th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.09
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 69th of 143
- Rank in England
- 63rd of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.77
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 6th of 143
- Rank in England
- 4th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Shahadi, Ethiopia
- Chelghoum Laid, Algeria
- Maganja, Mozambique
- Madagali, Nigeria
- Marl, Germany
- Payshanba, Uzbekistan
In new street additions, Oswaldtwistle built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shahadi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Madagali built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Oswaldtwistle and Madagali both became progressively more disconnected, while Shahadi fluctuated in connectivity.