Jinchengjiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jinchengjiang in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JinchengjiangGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jinchengjiang plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jinchengjiang peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Guangxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jinchengjiang's incremental SNDi fell from 4.03 to 3.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jinchengjiang ranked 45th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 1349th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.7
Rank in China
1253rd of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
37th of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in China
1349th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
45th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
04812<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JinchengjiangMokoloTrishal

In new street additions, Jinchengjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mokolo built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Trishal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jinchengjiang and Mokolo both became progressively more disconnected, while Trishal fluctuated in connectivity. Jinchengjiang and Trishal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.