Baishui in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Baishui in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaishuiShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baishui plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Baishui rose steadily, compared to Shaanxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Baishui's incremental SNDi rose from 1.9 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baishui ranked 2nd out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 108th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in China
357th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
9th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in China
108th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
2nd of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BaishuiBrocktonShitang

In new street additions, Baishui built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Brockton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Shitang built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Baishui and Brockton both became progressively more disconnected, while Shitang became progressively more connected. Baishui and Brockton have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.