Erenhot in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Erenhot in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Erenhot plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Erenhot peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Nei Mongol which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Erenhot's incremental SNDi fell from 2.68 to 2.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Erenhot ranked 8th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 625th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.37
- Rank in China
- 436th of 1843
- Rank in Nei Mongol
- 9th of 43
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.55
- Rank in China
- 625th of 1843
- Rank in Nei Mongol
- 8th of 43
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Erenhot built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Achinsk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Goh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Erenhot grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Achinsk fluctuated in connectivity and Goh became progressively more disconnected. Erenhot and Achinsk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.