Weinan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Weinan in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WeinanShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Weinan plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Weinan's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Weinan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.06 to 2.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Weinan ranked 7th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 362nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in China
431st of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
13th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in China
362nd of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
7th 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
WeinanBidarModesto

In new street additions, Weinan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bidar built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Modesto built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Bidar and Modesto both became progressively more disconnected, while Weinan fluctuated in connectivity. Weinan and Bidar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.