Shahe in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shahe in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shahe plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shahe rose steadily, 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, Shahe's incremental SNDi rose from 4.47 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shahe ranked 77th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1640th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.58
- Rank in China
- 1553rd of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 67th of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.39
- Rank in China
- 1640th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 77th of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shahe and Nikla Al Inab both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Honnavar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shahe and Nikla Al Inab both became progressively more disconnected, while Honnavar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Shahe had a more connected network than Honnavar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.