Maiji 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 Maiji plotted against Gansu and China. The SNDi of new construction in Maiji peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Gansu which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Maiji's incremental SNDi fell from 6.48 to 5.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maiji ranked 25th out of 29 cities in Gansu and 1769th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Sikandra Rao, India
• Haiyan, China
• 大武口村, China
• Oltiariq, Uzbekistan
• Neicuo, China
• Hanumanangarh Junction, India

In new street additions, Maiji built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sikandra Rao built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Oltiariq built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Maiji and Oltiariq both became progressively more disconnected, while Sikandra Rao became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Maiji and Sikandra Rao have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.