Shangluo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shangluo in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShangluoShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shangluo plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Shangluo's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shangluo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 3.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shangluo ranked 42nd out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1170th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in China
1004th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
39th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in China
1170th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
42nd of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShangluoLucerneDhamtari

In new street additions, Shangluo and Lucerne both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dhamtari built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Lucerne and Dhamtari both became progressively more disconnected, while Shangluo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Shangluo had a more connected network than Lucerne in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.