Shihezi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shihezi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shihezi plotted against Xinjiang Uygur and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shihezi 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, Shihezi's incremental SNDi fell from 6.54 to 5.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shihezi ranked 31st out of 31 cities in Xinjiang Uygur and 1764th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.06
- Rank in China
- 1646th of 1843
- Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
- 31st of 31
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.45
- Rank in China
- 1764th of 1843
- Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
- 31st of 31
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shihezi and Enshi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kadapa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Kadapa and Enshi both became progressively more disconnected, while Shihezi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.