Longxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Longxian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Longxian plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Longxian's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Longxian's incremental SNDi rose from 3.47 to 3.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Longxian ranked 49th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1483rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.85
- Rank in China
- 1327th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 47th of 62
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.76
- Rank in China
- 1483rd of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 49th of 62
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ikot Aba, Nigeria
- Kaghaznagar, India
- Almora, India
- Massinga, Mozambique
- Lake Ronkonkoma, United States
- Xiaoguan, China
In new street additions, Longxian and Ikot Aba both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Massinga built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Ikot Aba and Massinga both became progressively more disconnected, while Longxian fluctuated in connectivity. Longxian and Ikot Aba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.