Yutai in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Yutai in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yutai plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yutai was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yutai's incremental SNDi rose from 1.84 to 2.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yutai ranked 36th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 210th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.02
- Rank in China
- 254th of 1843
- Rank in Shandong
- 31st of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.96
- Rank in China
- 210th of 1843
- Rank in Shandong
- 36th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Yutai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Abu Bisht built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Uran built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Abu Bisht and Uran both became progressively more disconnected, while Yutai became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.