Jingxi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jingxi in context

2.12.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JingxiGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jingxi plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jingxi 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, Jingxi's incremental SNDi fell from 2.78 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jingxi ranked 15th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 729th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in China
711th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
12th of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in China
729th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
15th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JingxiSingaKharagpur

In new street additions, Jingxi and Kharagpur both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Singa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Jingxi became progressively more disconnected, while Singa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kharagpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Jingxi and Singa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.