Caijiagang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caijiagang in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaijiagangChongqing (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caijiagang plotted against Chongqing and China. The SNDi of new construction in Caijiagang followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Chongqing which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Caijiagang's incremental SNDi fell from 4.96 to 3.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caijiagang ranked 25th out of 47 cities in Chongqing and 1461st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.55
Rank in China
1172nd of 1843
Rank in Chongqing
19th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.69
Rank in China
1461st of 1843
Rank in Chongqing
25th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaijiagangBuyukpinarDessalines

In new street additions, Caijiagang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Büyükpınar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dessalines built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Caijiagang fluctuated in connectivity, while Büyükpınar fluctuated in connectivity and Dessalines grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Caijiagang and Büyükpınar have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.