Yangxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yangxian in context

1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YangxianShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yangxian plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Yangxian's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yangxian's incremental SNDi rose from 1.96 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yangxian ranked 8th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 364th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in China
808th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
27th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in China
364th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
8th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YangxianJardim Aureny IIIAjagba

Yangxian, Jardim Aureny III, and Ajagba all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Jardim Aureny III and Ajagba both fluctuated in connectivity, while Yangxian became progressively more disconnected. Yangxian and Ajagba have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.