Wuxuan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wuxuan in context

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
WuxuanGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wuxuan plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wuxuan peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Guangxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wuxuan's incremental SNDi fell from 3.39 to 3.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wuxuan ranked 40th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1272nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in China
965th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
23rd of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.34
Rank in China
1272nd of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
40th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WuxuanPasabTrung Ha

In new street additions, Wuxuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Pasab built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Trung Hà fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Wuxuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Pasab became progressively more connected and Trung Hà became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Wuxuan and Pasab have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.