Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mojiang Hani Autonomous CountyYunnan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mojiang Hani Autonomous County plotted against Yunnan and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County's incremental SNDi rose from 2.31 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County ranked 22nd out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 580th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in China
647th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
28th of 78

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in China
580th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
22nd of 78

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mojiang Hani Autonomous CountyWaSidiangkat

In new street additions, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Wa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Sidiangkat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Mojiang Hani Autonomous County and Wa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.