Yanting in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Yanting in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yanting plotted against Sichuan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yanting rose steadily, 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, Yanting's incremental SNDi rose from 7.26 to 7.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yanting ranked 96th out of 98 cities in Sichuan and 1820th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.29
- Rank in China
- 1797th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 96th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.95
- Rank in China
- 1820th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 96th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Wanrong, China
- Miranpur, India
- Caldas, Colombia
- Zwickau, Germany
- Sita Road, Pakistan
- Kashinathpur, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Yanting and Zwickau both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Wanrong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Yanting and Zwickau both became progressively more disconnected, while Wanrong fluctuated in connectivity.