Xilinhot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xilinhot in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xilinhot plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xilinhot 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, Xilinhot's incremental SNDi fell from 3.24 to 2.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xilinhot ranked 21st out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 970th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in China
681st of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
14th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in China
970th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
21st of 43

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XilinhotBuxarBuldhana

In new street additions, Xilinhot built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Buxar built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Buldhana built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Buxar and Buldhana both became progressively more disconnected, while Xilinhot grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Xilinhot and Buxar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.