Wuding in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wuding in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wuding plotted against Yunnan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wuding 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, Wuding's incremental SNDi fell from 2.92 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wuding ranked 29th out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 756th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.39
- Rank in China
- 450th of 1843
- Rank in Yunnan
- 16th of 78
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.7
- Rank in China
- 756th of 1843
- Rank in Yunnan
- 29th of 78
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bitola, North Macedonia
- Umaria, India
- Faku, China
- Honggu, China
- Leesburg, United States
- Bougouni, Mali
In new street additions, Wuding and Honggu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bitola built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Wuding and Honggu both fluctuated in connectivity, while Bitola became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Wuding had a more sprawly network than Bitola in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.