Yutian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Yutian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yutian plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yutian was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Hebei which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yutian's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 3.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yutian ranked 76th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1109th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.07
- Rank in China
- 931st of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 56th of 120
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.11
- Rank in China
- 1109th of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 76th of 120
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Yutian built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Cao Lãnh built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Irinjalakuda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Yutian became progressively more connected, while Cao Lãnh became progressively more disconnected and Irinjalakuda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Yutian had a more sprawly network than Cao Lãnh in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.