Livingston in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Livingston in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Livingston plotted against Scotland and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Livingston's incremental SNDi fell from 3.47 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Livingston ranked 4th out of 11 cities in Scotland and 25th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.85
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 12th of 143
- Rank in Scotland
- 3rd of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.09
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 25th of 143
- Rank in Scotland
- 4th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bwamanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Gushiegu, Ghana
- Behea, India
- Bariarpur, India
- Nikšić, Montenegro
- Leszno, Poland
In new street additions, Livingston built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bwamanda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bariarpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Livingston grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bwamanda became progressively more disconnected and Bariarpur fluctuated in connectivity.