Muguo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Muguo in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuguoGuizhou (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Muguo plotted against Guizhou and China. The SNDi of new construction in Muguo peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Guizhou which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Muguo's incremental SNDi fell from 6.31 to 6.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muguo ranked 40th out of 41 cities in Guizhou and 1804th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.07
Rank in China
1743rd of 1843
Rank in Guizhou
39th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.43
Rank in China
1804th of 1843
Rank in Guizhou
40th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MuguoTenaTenke

In new street additions, Muguo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tena fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tenke built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Muguo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tena fluctuated in connectivity and Tenke grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Muguo and Tena have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.