Changping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Changping in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChangpingBeijing (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Changping plotted against Beijing and China. While Beijing and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Changping's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Changping's incremental SNDi rose from 5.41 to 6.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Changping ranked 9th out of 10 cities in Beijing and 1746th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.33
Rank in China
1754th of 1843
Rank in Beijing
9th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.27
Rank in China
1746th of 1843
Rank in Beijing
9th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChangpingSanta Cruz de TenerifeGboko

In new street additions, Changping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Santa Cruz de Tenerife built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gboko built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Changping and Gboko both became progressively more disconnected, while Santa Cruz de Tenerife grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Changping and Santa Cruz de Tenerife have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.