Korla in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Korla in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Korla plotted against Xinjiang Uygur and China. The SNDi of new construction in Korla 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, Korla's incremental SNDi fell from 3.43 to 2.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Korla ranked 28th out of 31 cities in Xinjiang Uygur and 1434th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.98
- Rank in China
- 869th of 1843
- Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
- 18th of 31
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.62
- Rank in China
- 1434th of 1843
- Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
- 28th of 31
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Ujjain and Bihar Sharif both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Korla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ujjain and Bihar Sharif both became progressively more disconnected, while Korla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Korla and Ujjain have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.