Yichun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yichun in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YichunHeilongjiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yichun plotted against Heilongjiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yichun peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Heilongjiang which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yichun's incremental SNDi fell from 3.85 to 3.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yichun ranked 47th out of 67 cities in Heilongjiang and 864th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in China
1109th of 1843
Rank in Heilongjiang
38th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in China
864th of 1843
Rank in Heilongjiang
47th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YichunMacentaShangcheng

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