Yuxia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yuxia in context

2.433.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuxiaShaanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yuxia plotted against Shaanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yuxia 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, Yuxia's incremental SNDi fell from 3.18 to 2.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yuxia ranked 34th out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 992nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in China
822nd of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
28th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in China
992nd of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
34th of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuxiaBiyahmuJalali

In new street additions, Yuxia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Biyahmu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Jalali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Yuxia and Biyahmu both became progressively more disconnected, while Jalali fluctuated in connectivity. Yuxia and Jalali have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.