Nuomuhuicun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nuomuhuicun in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NuomuhuicunLiaoning (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nuomuhuicun plotted against Liaoning and China. The SNDi of new construction in Nuomuhuicun followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Nuomuhuicun's incremental SNDi fell from 2.15 to 1.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nuomuhuicun ranked 3rd out of 61 cities in Liaoning and 34th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.27
Rank in China
32nd of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
4th of 61

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.42
Rank in China
34th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
3rd of 61

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NuomuhuicunShahin ShahrBedford

In new street additions, Nuomuhuicun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shahin Shahr built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bedford built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nuomuhuicun fluctuated in connectivity, while Shahin Shahr grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Bedford became progressively more disconnected. Nuomuhuicun and Bedford have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.