Wenxi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wenxi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wenxi plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wenxi peaked 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, Wenxi's incremental SNDi fell from 6.19 to 5.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wenxi ranked 78th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1654th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.29
- Rank in China
- 1678th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 75th of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.48
- Rank in China
- 1654th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 78th of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bwera, Uganda
- Wannian, China
- Siruguppa, India
- Huailai, China
- Baqubah, Iraq
- Villa Mercedes, Argentina
In new street additions, Wenxi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bwera built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Huailai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Wenxi became progressively more disconnected, while Bwera became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Huailai became progressively more connected. Notably, Wenxi had a more connected network than Bwera in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.