Weston-super-Mare in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Weston-super-Mare in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Weston-super-Mare plotted against England and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in Weston-super-Mare peaked in 1976-1990, compared to England which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Weston-super-Mare's incremental SNDi fell from 4.04 to 3.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Weston-super-Mare ranked 64th out of 124 cities in England and 72nd out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.79
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 53rd of 143
- Rank in England
- 47th of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.59
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 72nd of 143
- Rank in England
- 64th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Harrisburg, United States
- São Sebastião, Brazil
- Vacaville, United States
- Wanyuan, China
- Yelets, Russia
- Khusalpur, India
In new street additions, Weston-super-Mare and Wanyuan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Harrisburg built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Weston-super-Mare and Harrisburg both became progressively more disconnected, while Wanyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.