Wuxing in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wuxing in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wuxing plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wuxing peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Shaanxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wuxing's incremental SNDi fell from 3.21 to 3.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wuxing ranked 44th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 1179th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.07
- Rank in China
- 930th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 34th of 62
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.2
- Rank in China
- 1179th of 1843
- Rank in Shaanxi
- 44th 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, Wuxing and Musan both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Fengcheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Wuxing and Musan both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Fengcheng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Wuxing and Fengcheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.