Yengisar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yengisar 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
YengisarXinjiang Uygur (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yengisar plotted against Xinjiang Uygur and China. The SNDi of new construction in Yengisar followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Yengisar's incremental SNDi fell from 2.83 to 1.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yengisar ranked 15th out of 31 cities in Xinjiang Uygur and 666th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.55
Rank in China
83rd of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
4th of 31

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in China
666th of 1843
Rank in Xinjiang Uygur
15th of 31

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YengisarDaliAsadabad

In new street additions, Yengisar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dali built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Asadabad built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Yengisar fluctuated in connectivity, while Dali became progressively more disconnected and Asadabad became progressively more connected. Notably, Yengisar had a more sprawly network than Dali in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.