Kuytun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kuytun in context

3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KuytunXinjiang Uygur (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kuytun plotted against Xinjiang Uygur and China. The SNDi of new construction in Kuytun peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Kuytun's incremental SNDi fell from 3.93 to 3.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kuytun ranked 27th out of 31 cities in Xinjiang Uygur and 1429th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.61
Rank in China
1194th of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
27th of 31

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.61
Rank in China
1429th of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
27th of 31

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KuytunBukobaAmbatolahy II

In new street additions, Kuytun and Ambatolahy II both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bukoba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Bukoba and Ambatolahy II both became progressively more disconnected, while Kuytun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kuytun and Ambatolahy II have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.