Jingguan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jingguan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jingguan plotted against Chongqing and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jingguan 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, Jingguan's incremental SNDi fell from 6.99 to 6.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jingguan ranked 41st out of 47 cities in Chongqing and 1808th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.19
- Rank in China
- 1748th of 1843
- Rank in Chongqing
- 39th of 47
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.62
- Rank in China
- 1808th of 1843
- Rank in Chongqing
- 41st of 47
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Jingguan and Yavne both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Obe built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jingguan and Yavne both fluctuated in connectivity, while Obe became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Jingguan and Obe have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.