Wuyuan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wuyuan in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WuyuanNei Mongol (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wuyuan plotted against Nei Mongol and China. While Nei Mongol and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Wuyuan's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wuyuan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.29 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wuyuan ranked 3rd out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 485th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in China
717th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
15th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in China
485th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
3rd 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
WuyuanBahOued Zem

In new street additions, Wuyuan and Oued Zem both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bah built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Wuyuan and Bah have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.