Pinggu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pinggu in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PingguBeijing (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pinggu plotted against Beijing and China. While Beijing and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Pinggu's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pinggu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.6 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pinggu ranked 3rd out of 10 cities in Beijing and 1023rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in China
1315th of 1843
Rank in Beijing
3rd of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in China
1023rd of 1843
Rank in Beijing
3rd of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PingguPetrozavodskPattoki

In new street additions, Pinggu and Petrozavodsk both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pattoki built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Pinggu and Petrozavodsk both fluctuated in connectivity, while Pattoki became progressively more disconnected.