Bridgend in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bridgend plotted against Wales and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bridgend's incremental SNDi fell from 6.22 to 5.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bridgend ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Wales and 141st out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Qızıltöbe, Kazakhstan
• Igangan, Nigeria
• Chinnamanur, India
• Sakti, India
• Barda, Azerbaijan
• Badah, Pakistan

In new street additions, Bridgend built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Qızıltöbe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sakti built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bridgend and Sakti both became progressively more disconnected, while Qızıltöbe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Bridgend and Qızıltöbe have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.