Ye in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ye 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
YeHenan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ye plotted against Henan and China. While Henan and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ye's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ye's incremental SNDi rose from 1.63 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ye ranked 11th out of 129 cities in Henan and 75th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in China
358th of 1843
Rank in Henan
51st of 129

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in China
75th of 1843
Rank in Henan
11th of 129

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
YeShengzhou CityMeitan

In new street additions, Ye and Shengzhou City both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Meitan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ye became progressively more disconnected, while Shengzhou City fluctuated in connectivity and Meitan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.