Qianxi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qianxi in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QianxiGuizhou (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qianxi plotted against Guizhou and China. The SNDi of new construction in Qianxi rose steadily, compared to Guizhou which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Qianxi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.34 to 2.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qianxi ranked 13th out of 41 cities in Guizhou and 483rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.87
Rank in China
796th of 1843
Rank in Guizhou
13th of 41

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in China
483rd of 1843
Rank in Guizhou
13th of 41

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

What about similarly populated cities?

06121824<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
06121824<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QianxiAl MasaliyahLingbi

In new street additions, Qianxi built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Masaliyah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lingbi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Qianxi became progressively more disconnected, while Al Masaliyah fluctuated in connectivity and Lingbi fluctuated in connectivity. Qianxi and Lingbi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.