Zhalainuo'er in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Zhalainuo'er in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zhalainuo'er plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Zhalainuo'er 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, Zhalainuo'er's incremental SNDi fell from 2.34 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zhalainuo'er ranked 7th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 624th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.24
- Rank in China
- 360th of 1843
- Rank in Nei Mongol
- 6th of 43
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.55
- Rank in China
- 624th of 1843
- Rank in Nei Mongol
- 7th of 43
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tribeniganj, India
- Shatian, China
- Axum, Ethiopia
- Buôn Hồ, Vietnam
- Yegoryevsk, Russia
- Vélingara, Senegal
In new street additions, Zhalainuo'er built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tribeniganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Buôn Hồ built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Zhalainuo'er grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tribeniganj became progressively more disconnected and Buôn Hồ became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Zhalainuo'er and Tribeniganj have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.