Jinzhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jinzhou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jinzhou plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jinzhou peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Hebei which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jinzhou's incremental SNDi fell from 3.13 to 2.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jinzhou ranked 63rd out of 120 cities in Hebei and 983rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.97
- Rank in China
- 862nd of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 47th of 120
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.95
- Rank in China
- 983rd of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 63rd of 120
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Areka, Ethiopia
- Mihtarlam, Afghanistan
- Tagbilaran, Philippines
- Khenchela, Algeria
- Melitopol, Ukraine
- Khanakul, India
While Areka and Khenchela both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Jinzhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Jinzhou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Areka became progressively more disconnected and Khenchela grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Jinzhou had a more sprawly network than Areka in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.