Canton 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 Canton plotted against Ohio and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Canton rose steadily, compared to Ohio which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Canton's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Canton ranked 1st out of 11 cities in Ohio and 7th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Khwaja Iskandar, Afghanistan
• Yushe, China
• Cheeka, India
• Bodorganj, Bangladesh
• Inhambane, Mozambique
• Barjora, India

In new street additions, Canton built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khwaja Iskandar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bodorganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Canton became progressively more disconnected, while Khwaja Iskandar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bodorganj grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Canton and Bodorganj have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.