Quwo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Quwo in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QuwoShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Quwo plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Quwo peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Shanxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Quwo's incremental SNDi fell from 3.79 to 2.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Quwo ranked 54th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1316th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in China
263rd of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
14th of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in China
1316th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
54th of 80

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QuwoSan LorenzoLiu'erbao

In new street additions, Quwo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while San Lorenzo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Liu'erbao built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Quwo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while San Lorenzo became progressively more disconnected and Liu'erbao became progressively more connected. Notably, Quwo had a more connected network than Liu'erbao in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.