East Kilbride in context: Street-network sprawl trends

East Kilbride in context

33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
East KilbrideScotland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with East Kilbride plotted against Scotland and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in East Kilbride rose steadily, compared to Scotland which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, East Kilbride's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 4.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, East Kilbride ranked 9th out of 11 cities in Scotland and 115th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.22
Rank in United Kingdom
76th of 143
Rank in Scotland
7th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.03
Rank in United Kingdom
115th of 143
Rank in Scotland
9th of 11

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
East KilbrideShrewsburyHoorn

In new street additions, East Kilbride and Hoorn both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shrewsbury built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. East Kilbride and Shrewsbury have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.