Jiangjing in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jiangjing in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jiangjing plotted against Fujian and China. While Fujian and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Jiangjing's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jiangjing's incremental SNDi rose from 5.18 to 6.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jiangjing ranked 66th out of 75 cities in Fujian and 1749th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.03
- Rank in China
- 1742nd of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 66th of 75
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.31
- Rank in China
- 1749th of 1843
- Rank in Fujian
- 66th of 75
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tabora, Tanzania
- Recanto das Emas, Brazil
- Qingkou, China
- Mocuba, Mozambique
- Buea, Cameroon
- Criciúma, Brazil
While Tabora and Mocuba both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jiangjing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Tabora and Mocuba both became progressively more disconnected, while Jiangjing fluctuated in connectivity.