Akron in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Akron in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Akron plotted against Ohio and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Akron followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ohio which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Akron's incremental SNDi rose from 3.53 to 3.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Akron ranked 4th out of 11 cities in Ohio and 50th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.84
- Rank in United States
- 124th of 333
- Rank in Ohio
- 6th of 11
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.13
- Rank in United States
- 50th of 333
- Rank in Ohio
- 4th of 11
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Udhagamandalam, India
- Sunzha, Russia
- Kengtung, Myanmar
- Sahaswan, India
- Shishou, China
- Osnabrück, Germany
In new street additions, Akron and Udhagamandalam both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sahaswan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Akron became progressively more disconnected, while Udhagamandalam fluctuated in connectivity and Sahaswan fluctuated in connectivity.