Gasa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gasa in context

33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GasaYunnan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gasa plotted against Yunnan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Gasa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Yunnan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gasa's incremental SNDi fell from 3.93 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gasa ranked 58th out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 1486th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in China
1257th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
52nd of 78

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in China
1486th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
58th of 78

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
GasaAli KhelYuanjiang

In new street additions, Gasa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ali Khel built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Yuanjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Gasa fluctuated in connectivity, while Ali Khel became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Yuanjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Gasa and Ali Khel have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.