Jiaoling in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jiaoling in context
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?
- Muara Enim, Indonesia
- Khordha, India
- Tual, Indonesia
- Luliang, China
- Odanthurai, India
- Sidi Kacem, Morocco
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.