Qianxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qianxian in context

2.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QianxianShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qianxian plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Qianxian's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Qianxian's incremental SNDi rose from 3.07 to 3.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qianxian ranked 36th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1011th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in China
1056th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
42nd of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in China
1011th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
36th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QianxianMinchinabadShujalpur

In new street additions, Qianxian and Shujalpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Minchinabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Qianxian became progressively more disconnected, while Minchinabad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Shujalpur fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Qianxian had a more connected network than Minchinabad in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.