Bangor in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bangor in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bangor plotted against Northern Ireland and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bangor's incremental SNDi fell from 7.64 to 5.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bangor ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Northern Ireland and 142nd out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.8
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 125th of 143
- Rank in Northern Ireland
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.3
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 142nd of 143
- Rank in Northern Ireland
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Umreth, India
- Guamúchil, México
- Diu, India
- Modderspruit, South Africa
- Cerro de Pasco, Peru
- Chagalnaiya, Bangladesh
While Umreth and Modderspruit both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Bangor built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.