Suide in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Suide in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SuideShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Suide plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Suide's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Suide's incremental SNDi rose from 3.85 to 4.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Suide ranked 48th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1481st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.01
Rank in China
1405th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
50th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in China
1481st of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
48th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SuideShegaonYangtian

In new street additions, Suide and Shegaon both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yangtian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Suide and Shegaon both became progressively more disconnected, while Yangtian fluctuated in connectivity. Suide and Shegaon have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.