马家 in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ma Jia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 马家 plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in 马家 followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Shaanxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, 马家's incremental SNDi fell from 4.8 to 4.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 马家 ranked 55th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1659th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.42
- Rank in China
- 1511th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 52nd of 62
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.5
- Rank in China
- 1659th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 55th of 62
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Jiangshan, China
- Achalpur, India
- Taza, Morocco
- Engels, Russia
- Middelburg, South Africa
- Sahibganj, India
In new street additions, 马家 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jiangshan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Engels built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Jiangshan and Engels both became progressively more disconnected, while 马家 fluctuated in connectivity.