Wanrong in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wanrong in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WanrongShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wanrong plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wanrong followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Wanrong's incremental SNDi fell from 2.88 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wanrong ranked 14th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 407th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in China
208th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
10th of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in China
407th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
14th of 80

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

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WanrongMiranpurYanting

In new street additions, Wanrong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Miranpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Yanting built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Wanrong fluctuated in connectivity, while Miranpur fluctuated in connectivity and Yanting became progressively more disconnected.