Jungar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jungar in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JungarNei Mongol (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jungar plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jungar rose steadily, compared to Nei Mongol which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jungar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 3.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jungar ranked 38th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 1472nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in China
1323rd of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
34th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in China
1472nd of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
38th of 43

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JungarKarabukMettur

In new street additions, Jungar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Karabük built increasingly connected streets over time and Mettur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Jungar became progressively more disconnected, while Karabük became progressively more connected and Mettur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Jungar had a more connected network than Karabük in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.