Shuozhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shuozhou in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShuozhouShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shuozhou plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shuozhou was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Shuozhou's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shuozhou ranked 20th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 526th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in China
512th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
28th of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.43
Rank in China
526th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
20th of 80

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShuozhouFallujahXinghua

In new street additions, Shuozhou built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Fallujah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Xinghua built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Shuozhou became progressively more connected, while Fallujah became progressively more disconnected and Xinghua grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Shuozhou and Fallujah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.