Liqu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Liqu in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LiquShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Liqu plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Liqu followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Shaanxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Liqu's incremental SNDi fell from 2.78 to 2.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Liqu ranked 18th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 553rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in China
257th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
5th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in China
553rd of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
18th 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
LiquSalekhardDrammen

In new street additions, Liqu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Salekhard built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Drammen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Salekhard and Drammen both became progressively more disconnected, while Liqu fluctuated in connectivity. Liqu and Drammen have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.