Artush in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Artush in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArtushXinjiang Uygur (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Artush plotted against Xinjiang Uygur and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Artush's incremental SNDi rose from 1.63 to 2.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Artush ranked 9th out of 31 cities in Xinjiang Uygur and 464th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in China
541st of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
13th of 31

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in China
464th of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
9th of 31

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArtushJhalawarSagauli

In new street additions, Artush fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jhalawar built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sagauli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Artush fluctuated in connectivity, while Jhalawar became progressively more disconnected and Sagauli fluctuated in connectivity. Artush and Jhalawar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.