Beechwood in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beechwood in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeechwoodFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beechwood plotted against Florida and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Beechwood rose steadily, compared to Florida which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Beechwood's incremental SNDi rose from 8.16 to 8.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beechwood ranked 27th out of 27 cities in Florida and 333rd out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.98
Rank in United States
331st of 333
Rank in Florida
26th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.61
Rank in United States
333rd of 333
Rank in Florida
27th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeechwoodDamaturuShamsabad

In new street additions, Beechwood built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Damaturu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Shamsabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Beechwood and Damaturu both became progressively more disconnected, while Shamsabad fluctuated in connectivity. Beechwood and Damaturu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.