Jiaoling in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jiaoling in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JiaolingGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jiaoling plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jiaoling rose steadily, compared to Guangdong which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jiaoling's incremental SNDi rose from 6.43 to 11.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jiaoling ranked 128th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1821st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.67
Rank in China
1833rd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
132nd of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.07
Rank in China
1821st of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
128th of 133

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JiaolingMuara EnimLuliang

In new street additions, Jiaoling and Muara Enim both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Luliang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.