Tumed Left Banner in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tumed Left Banner in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tumed Left BannerNei Mongol (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tumed Left Banner plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Tumed Left Banner was at its lowest 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, Tumed Left Banner's incremental SNDi rose from 3.14 to 4.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tumed Left Banner ranked 28th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 1238th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.52
Rank in China
1540th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
40th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.29
Rank in China
1238th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
28th of 43

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tumed Left BannerLuang PrabangSuar

In new street additions, Tumed Left Banner built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Luang Prabang built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Suar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Tumed Left Banner became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Luang Prabang became progressively more disconnected and Suar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Tumed Left Banner and Luang Prabang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.