Yangling in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yangling 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
YanglingShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yangling plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Yangling's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yangling's incremental SNDi rose from 2.1 to 2.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yangling ranked 12th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 438th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in China
554th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
18th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in China
438th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
12th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YanglingWurzburgDelingat

Yangling, Würzburg, and Delingat all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Würzburg and Delingat both became progressively more disconnected, while Yangling fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Yangling had a more sprawly network than Würzburg in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.