Polegate in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Polegate in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Polegate plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Polegate's incremental SNDi fell from 6.38 to 6.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Polegate ranked 103rd out of 124 cities in England and 117th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.04
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 136th of 143
- Rank in England
- 118th of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.04
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 117th of 143
- Rank in England
- 103rd of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Dakoro and Nanfeng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Polegate built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Dakoro and Nanfeng both fluctuated in connectivity, while Polegate became progressively more disconnected. Polegate and Dakoro have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.