Baoji in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Baoji in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baoji plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Baoji's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Baoji's incremental SNDi rose from 4.54 to 4.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baoji ranked 56th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1672nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.65
- Rank in China
- 1568th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 55th of 62
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in China
- 1672nd of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 56th of 62
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Baoji fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shymkent built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gaya built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Baoji fluctuated in connectivity, while Shymkent grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gaya became progressively more disconnected. Baoji and Gaya have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.