Yuanzhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Yuanzhou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yuanzhou plotted against Ningxia Hui and China. While Ningxia Hui and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Yuanzhou's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yuanzhou's incremental SNDi rose from 4.84 to 7.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yuanzhou ranked 15th out of 15 cities in Ningxia Hui and 1757th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.35
- Rank in China
- 1799th of 1843
- Rank in Ningxia Hui
- 15th of 15
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.36
- Rank in China
- 1757th of 1843
- Rank in Ningxia Hui
- 15th of 15
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Yuanzhou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chiro built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Phú Mỹ built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Yuanzhou fluctuated in connectivity, while Chiro became progressively more disconnected and Phú Mỹ became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Yuanzhou had a more connected network than Phú Mỹ in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.