Yuxi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yuxi in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuxiYunnan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yuxi plotted against Yunnan and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Yuxi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 4.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yuxi ranked 59th out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 1488th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.15
Rank in China
1454th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
61st of 78

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.78
Rank in China
1488th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
59th of 78

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YuxiEtawahBarnaul

In new street additions, Yuxi and Etawah both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Barnaul built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Yuxi became progressively more disconnected, while Etawah fluctuated in connectivity and Barnaul grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Yuxi and Etawah have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.