Yuxia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Yuxia in context
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?
- Biyahmu, Egypt
- Sujapur, India
- Malumghat Bazar, Bangladesh
- Jalali, Iran
- Chauhaddi, India
- Godagari, Bangladesh
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.