Lindian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lindian in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LindianHeilongjiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lindian plotted against Heilongjiang and China. While Heilongjiang and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Lindian's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lindian's incremental SNDi rose from 1.5 to 3.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lindian ranked 2nd out of 67 cities in Heilongjiang and 14th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in China
911th of 1843
Rank in Heilongjiang
34th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.26
Rank in China
14th of 1843
Rank in Heilongjiang
2nd of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LindianBokeLemba Village

Lindian, Boké, and Lemba Village all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Boké and Lemba Village both fluctuated in connectivity, while Lindian became progressively more disconnected. Lindian and Lemba Village have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.