Beitian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Beitian in context

33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeitianShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beitian plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Beitian peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Shaanxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Beitian's incremental SNDi fell from 4.43 to 3.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beitian ranked 50th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1540th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in China
970th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
36th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.97
Rank in China
1540th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
50th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BeitianYonanAd Dawadimi

In new street additions, Beitian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Yonan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Ad Dawadimi built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Beitian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Yonan fluctuated in connectivity and Ad Dawadimi became progressively more disconnected. Beitian and Yonan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.