Wishaw in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wishaw in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wishaw plotted against Scotland and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Wishaw's incremental SNDi fell from 6.12 to 5.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wishaw ranked 11th out of 11 cities in Scotland and 128th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.25
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 112th of 143
- Rank in Scotland
- 10th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.24
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 128th of 143
- Rank in Scotland
- 11th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Khanna, India
- Pleasanton, United States
- Puttur, India
- Nimes, France
- Thiruvarur, India
- Swarupkathi, Bangladesh
Wishaw, Khanna, and Nimes all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.