Muling in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Muling in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MulingHeilongjiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Muling plotted against Heilongjiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Muling peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Heilongjiang which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Muling's incremental SNDi fell from 4.7 to 1.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muling ranked 39th out of 67 cities in Heilongjiang and 730th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in China
145th of 1843
Rank in Heilongjiang
8th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in China
730th of 1843
Rank in Heilongjiang
39th of 67

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
MulingLahladpurSoku

In new street additions, Muling built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lahladpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Soku fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Muling grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lahladpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Soku fluctuated in connectivity.