Wugong in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wugong in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wugong plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wugong fell steadily, compared to Shaanxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wugong's incremental SNDi fell from 3.31 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wugong ranked 52nd out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1572nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.61
- Rank in China
- 600th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 21st of 62
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.08
- Rank in China
- 1572nd of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 52nd 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, Wugong built increasingly connected streets over time, while Konch built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Wucheng built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Konch and Wucheng both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Wugong became progressively more connected. Wugong and Konch have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.