Jingxiyuan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jingxiyuan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jingxiyuan plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jingxiyuan's incremental SNDi rose from 4.3 to 6.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jingxiyuan ranked 111th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1698th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.13
- Rank in China
- 1745th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 115th of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.78
- Rank in China
- 1698th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 111th of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Phulbani, India
- Kalamazoo, United States
- Jakhim, India
- Brusque, Brazil
- Tianzhen, China
- Shanhe, China
While Phulbani and Brusque both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jingxiyuan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Phulbani and Brusque both became progressively more disconnected, while Jingxiyuan fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Jingxiyuan had a more sprawly network than Brusque in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.