Wenshui in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wenshui in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wenshui plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wenshui 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, Wenshui's incremental SNDi fell from 2.73 to 2.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wenshui ranked 17th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 446th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in China
253rd of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
13th of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in China
446th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
17th 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
WenshuiXingxianJagatsinghpur

In new street additions, Wenshui and Xingxian both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Jagatsinghpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Wenshui grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Xingxian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Jagatsinghpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Wenshui and Jagatsinghpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.