Ulaan Moron in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ulaan Moron in context
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?
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.