Ulaan Moron in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ulaan Moron in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ulaan MoronShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ulaan Moron plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Ulaan Moron 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, Ulaan Moron's incremental SNDi fell from 3.05 to 1.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ulaan Moron ranked 23rd out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 670th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in China
116th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
1st of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in China
670th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
23rd of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ulaan MoronZhujiajiaoTonghua

In new street additions, Ulaan Moron fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zhujiajiao built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Tonghua fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Zhujiajiao and Tonghua both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Ulaan Moron fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Ulaan Moron had a more sprawly network than Zhujiajiao in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.