Linquan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Linquan plotted against Anhui and China. The SNDi of new construction in Linquan was at its lowest 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, Linquan's incremental SNDi rose from 1.38 to 1.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Linquan ranked 4th out of 74 cities in Anhui and 37th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Maghagha, Egypt
• Pingtung City, Taiwan
• Jiaxiang, China
• Bardhaman, India
• Yunfu, China
• Rantau Prapat, Indonesia

In new street additions, Linquan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Maghagha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bardhaman fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Linquan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Maghagha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Bardhaman became progressively more disconnected.