Rongxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rongxian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rongxian plotted against Sichuan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Rongxian followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Sichuan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rongxian's incremental SNDi fell from 2.7 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rongxian ranked 15th out of 98 cities in Sichuan and 393rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.18
- Rank in China
- 325th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 10th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.25
- Rank in China
- 393rd of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 15th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Emmiganuru, India
- Kumbo, Cameroon
- Gursahaiganj, India
- Bairgania, India
- Haidarganj, India
- Malakal, South Sudan
In new street additions, Rongxian and Bairgania both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Emmiganuru fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rongxian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Emmiganuru became progressively more disconnected and Bairgania became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.