Benxi Manchu Autonomous County in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Benxi Manchu Autonomous County in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Benxi Manchu Autonomous County plotted against Liaoning and China. The SNDi of new construction in Benxi Manchu Autonomous County peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Liaoning which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County's incremental SNDi fell from 4.89 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County ranked 58th out of 61 cities in Liaoning and 1615th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.89
- Rank in China
- 1615th of 1843
- Rank in Liaoning
- 56th of 61
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.25
- Rank in China
- 1615th of 1843
- Rank in Liaoning
- 58th of 61
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mutum Biyu, Nigeria
- Parkonch, India
- Altamira, Brazil
- Kot Radha Kishan, Pakistan
- Riberalta, Bolivia
- Yonan, North Korea
While Mutum Biyu and Kot Radha Kishan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County and Kot Radha Kishan both became progressively more disconnected, while Mutum Biyu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County had a more connected network than Mutum Biyu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.