Yuyue in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yuyue in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuyueHubei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yuyue plotted against Hubei and China. While Hubei and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Yuyue's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yuyue's incremental SNDi rose from 1.25 to 2.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yuyue ranked 6th out of 77 cities in Hubei and 126th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.32
Rank in China
405th of 1843
Rank in Hubei
16th of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in China
126th of 1843
Rank in Hubei
6th of 77

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuyueChuruAl Jahra

In new street additions, Yuyue and Churu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Jahra built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Yuyue fluctuated in connectivity, while Churu became progressively more disconnected and Al Jahra became progressively more connected. Yuyue and Churu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.