蕲县镇 in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Qi Xian Zhen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 蕲县镇 plotted against Anhui and China. The SNDi of new construction in 蕲县镇 peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Anhui which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, 蕲县镇's incremental SNDi fell from 7.47 to 4.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 蕲县镇 ranked 73rd out of 74 cities in Anhui and 1802nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.07
- Rank in China
- 1429th of 1843
- Rank in Anhui
- 62nd of 74
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.41
- Rank in China
- 1802nd of 1843
- Rank in Anhui
- 73rd of 74
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Edinburg, United States
- Maasvlakte, Netherlands
- Janaúba, Brazil
- Barwaha, India
- Curvelo, Brazil
- Bhagwanpur, India
蕲县镇, Edinburg, and Barwaha all built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Edinburg and Barwaha both became progressively more disconnected, while 蕲县镇 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, 蕲县镇 had a more connected network than Barwaha in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.