Chengjiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chengjiang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chengjiang plotted against Chongqing and China. The SNDi of new construction in Chengjiang peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Chengjiang's incremental SNDi fell from 7.88 to 7.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chengjiang ranked 45th out of 47 cities in Chongqing and 1837th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.49
- Rank in China
- 1802nd of 1843
- Rank in Chongqing
- 42nd of 47
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.38
- Rank in China
- 1837th of 1843
- Rank in Chongqing
- 45th of 47
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Chinnalapatti, India
- Abyūhā, Egypt
- Xiaodong, China
- Zamość, Poland
- Badokwa, Central African Republic
- Bhadgaon, India
In new street additions, Chengjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Chinnalapatti fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Zamość built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Chengjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Chinnalapatti fluctuated in connectivity and Zamość became progressively more disconnected.