Jixian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jixian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jixian plotted against Heilongjiang and China. While Heilongjiang and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Jixian's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jixian's incremental SNDi rose from 2.68 to 4.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jixian ranked 55th out of 67 cities in Heilongjiang and 1155th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.27
- Rank in China
- 1481st of 1843
- Rank in Heilongjiang
- 55th of 67
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.17
- Rank in China
- 1155th of 1843
- Rank in Heilongjiang
- 55th of 67
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Shi`b al Ghayl, Yemen
- Dera Allah Yar, Pakistan
- Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
- Shuangliao, China
- Ad Dala, Yemen
- Devada, India
In new street additions, Jixian and Shuangliao both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shi`b al Ghayl fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jixian fluctuated in connectivity, while Shi`b al Ghayl fluctuated in connectivity and Shuangliao became progressively more disconnected.