Xuwen in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xuwen in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xuwen plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xuwen peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Guangdong which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xuwen's incremental SNDi fell from 3.63 to 2.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xuwen ranked 68th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1234th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.86
- Rank in China
- 783rd of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 33rd of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.27
- Rank in China
- 1234th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 68th of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Oral, Kazakhstan
- Wheaton, United States
- Beni Mazar, Egypt
- Gaobeidian, China
- Kot Addu, Pakistan
- Sochi, Russia
In new street additions, Xuwen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Oral fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Gaobeidian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Xuwen and Gaobeidian both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Oral fluctuated in connectivity.