Yangxi: city in Guangdong, China
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Yangxi as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 1.44, which is relatively well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are -0.13, 0.26, 1.67 and 2.55. In each period, new street development in Yangxi steadily grows more disconnected than in the last.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Yangxi spans a total of 74 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed in 2001-2014. These roads have an SNDi of 2.55, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are -0.13, 0.22, 0.71 and 1.44. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in Yangxi has become more disconnected.
Yangxi and Guangdong do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi in Yangxi rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in Guangdong was at its lowest in 1991-2000.
How do development practices in Yangxi fare in comparison to others in Guangdong? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Yangxi was the 41st-most disconnected out of the 109 cities in Guangdong. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Guangdong, street construction in Yangxi has become more disconnected. Yangxi ranked 69th in 1975, 101st in 1976-1990, 45th in 1991-2000 and 41st in 2001-2014.
Yangxi and China do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi in Yangxi rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in China followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease.
Yangxi and Guangdong do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Yangxi rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in Guangdong was at its lowest in 1991-2000.
To date, Yangxi is the 78th-most disconnected out of the 109 cities in Guangdong. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Guangdong, the street network in Yangxi has become more connected. Yangxi ranked 69th in 1975, 104th in 1976-1990, 98th in 1991-2000 and 78th in 2001-2014.
Yangxi and China do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Yangxi rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in China peaked in 1976-1990.
As of 2015, Yangxi had a built-up area of 6.27 square kilometers, and a population of 106092 people.
These are some other cities with approximately the same population: