Aksu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aksu in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AksuXinjiang Uygur (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aksu plotted against Xinjiang Uygur and China. The SNDi of new construction in Aksu peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Xinjiang Uygur which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Aksu's incremental SNDi fell from 3.37 to 3.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aksu ranked 21st out of 31 cities in Xinjiang Uygur and 981st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.35
Rank in China
1077th of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
25th of 31

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.94
Rank in China
981st of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
21st of 31

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
AksuBurhanpurSri Ganganagar

In new street additions, Aksu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Burhanpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sri Ganganagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Aksu and Burhanpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.