Yingxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yingxian in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YingxianShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yingxian plotted against Shanxi and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Yingxian's incremental SNDi rose from 2.97 to 4.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yingxian ranked 52nd out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1290th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.66
Rank in China
1569th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
69th of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in China
1290th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
52nd of 80

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YingxianNumanQianwei

In new street additions, Yingxian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Numan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Qianwei fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Yingxian fluctuated in connectivity, while Numan became progressively more disconnected and Qianwei fluctuated in connectivity. Yingxian and Qianwei have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.