Yushan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yushan in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YushanJiangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yushan plotted against Jiangxi and China. While Jiangxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Yushan's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yushan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.89 to 3.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yushan ranked 52nd out of 82 cities in Jiangxi and 1007th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in China
1052nd of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
61st of 82

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in China
1007th of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
52nd of 82

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YushanOmuo-ObadoreUbon Ratchathani

While Omuo-Obadore and Ubon Ratchathani both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Yushan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.