Shifang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shifang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shifang plotted against Sichuan and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Shifang's incremental SNDi rose from 1.78 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shifang ranked 4th out of 98 cities in Sichuan and 98th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.79
- Rank in China
- 156th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 6th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.7
- Rank in China
- 98th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 4th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shifang and Dilling both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mohammadabad built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Shifang and Dilling both became progressively more disconnected, while Mohammadabad became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Shifang and Mohammadabad have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.