Ulanhot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ulanhot 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
UlanhotNei Mongol (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ulanhot plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Ulanhot 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, Ulanhot's incremental SNDi fell from 3.1 to 2.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ulanhot ranked 5th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 599th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in China
441st of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
10th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in China
599th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
5th of 43

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UlanhotBeawarPetrozavodsk

While Beawar and Petrozavodsk both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ulanhot built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Ulanhot grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Beawar became progressively more disconnected and Petrozavodsk fluctuated in connectivity. Ulanhot and Beawar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.