Jing in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jing in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jing plotted against Anhui and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jing peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Anhui which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jing's incremental SNDi fell from 2.81 to 2.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jing ranked 54th out of 74 cities in Anhui and 1076th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.71
- Rank in China
- 664th of 1843
- Rank in Anhui
- 38th of 74
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.05
- Rank in China
- 1076th of 1843
- Rank in Anhui
- 54th of 74
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Singida, Tanzania
- Chongnam, North Korea
- Dhanaura, India
- Dolvi, India
- Pratapgarh, India
- Mrauk U, Myanmar
In new street additions, Jing built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Singida fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dolvi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Singida fluctuated in connectivity and Dolvi became progressively more disconnected.