Tumed Right Banner in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tumed Right Banner in context

3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tumed Right 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 Right Banner plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Tumed Right Banner peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nei Mongol which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tumed Right Banner's incremental SNDi fell from 4.11 to 3.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tumed Right Banner ranked 39th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 1482nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.98
Rank in China
1391st of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
36th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in China
1482nd of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
39th of 43

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
Tumed Right BannerHamiltonEl Hawata

In new street additions, Tumed Right Banner built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Hamilton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and El Hawata built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.