Fairland in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fairland in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FairlandMaryland (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fairland plotted against Maryland and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Fairland followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Maryland which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Fairland's incremental SNDi rose from 6.06 to 6.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fairland ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Maryland and 313th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.18
Rank in United States
304th of 333
Rank in Maryland
4th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.48
Rank in United States
313th of 333
Rank in Maryland
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FairlandGunung TuaIzobilnyy

In new street additions, Fairland and Gunung Tua both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Izobilnyy built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Fairland and Gunung Tua both became progressively more disconnected, while Izobilnyy became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Fairland and Izobilnyy have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.