Shangri-La in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shangri-La in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shangri-La plotted against Yunnan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shangri-La peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Shangri-La's incremental SNDi fell from 2.05 to 1.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shangri-La ranked 13th out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 416th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.71
- Rank in China
- 120th of 1843
- Rank in Yunnan
- 3rd of 78
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.27
- Rank in China
- 416th of 1843
- Rank in Yunnan
- 13th of 78
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Shangri-La and Antu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wuxi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shangri-La and Antu both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Wuxi fluctuated in connectivity. Shangri-La and Wuxi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.