Pontefract in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pontefract in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pontefract plotted against England and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in Pontefract peaked in 1976-1990, compared to England which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Pontefract's incremental SNDi fell from 5.02 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pontefract ranked 105th out of 124 cities in England and 119th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 95th of 143
- Rank in England
- 85th of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.06
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 119th of 143
- Rank in England
- 105th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania
- Lukalaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mpanda, Tanzania
- Jalalpur Pirwala, Pakistan
- Miaoli, Taiwan
- Basavakalyana, India
In new street additions, Pontefract and Drobeta-Turnu Severin both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Jalalpur Pirwala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pontefract and Drobeta-Turnu Severin both became progressively more disconnected, while Jalalpur Pirwala fluctuated in connectivity.