Ma'anshan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ma'anshan in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ma'anshanAnhui (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ma'anshan plotted against Anhui and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ma'anshan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.74 to 2.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ma'anshan ranked 50th out of 74 cities in Anhui and 978th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in China
815th of 1843
Rank in Anhui
43rd of 74

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.94
Rank in China
978th of 1843
Rank in Anhui
50th of 74

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ma'anshanMuzaffarnagarNamangan

Ma'anshan, Muzaffarnagar, and Namangan all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Muzaffarnagar and Namangan both became progressively more disconnected, while Ma'anshan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Ma'anshan and Muzaffarnagar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.