Xinping in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xinping in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinping plotted against Yunnan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xinping 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, Xinping's incremental SNDi fell from 3.87 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinping ranked 63rd out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 1549th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.39
- Rank in China
- 1100th of 1843
- Rank in Yunnan
- 42nd of 78
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.99
- Rank in China
- 1549th of 1843
- Rank in Yunnan
- 63rd of 78
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Pattan, Jammu and Kashmir
- Siyahgird, Afghanistan
- Damo New Village, China
- Tsuruoka, Japan
- Usulután, El Salvador
- Khurai, India
While Pattan and Tsuruoka both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Xinping built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pattan and Tsuruoka both became progressively more disconnected, while Xinping grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Xinping and Pattan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.