Huyi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huyi in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuyiShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huyi plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Huyi's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huyi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.93 to 3.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huyi ranked 35th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 996th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in China
1010th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
41st of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in China
996th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
35th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuyiZahleNabire

In new street additions, Huyi and Zahle both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nabire built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Huyi and Nabire have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.