Yushe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yushe in context

2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YusheShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yushe plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yushe 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, Yushe's incremental SNDi fell from 4.17 to 3.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yushe ranked 61st out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1435th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in China
1291st of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
60th of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.63
Rank in China
1435th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
61st of 80

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YusheCheekaKhwaja Iskandar

In new street additions, Yushe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Cheeka built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Khwaja Iskandar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Yushe and Cheeka both became progressively more disconnected, while Khwaja Iskandar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Yushe and Cheeka have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.