Qingan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qingan in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QinganHeilongjiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qingan plotted against Heilongjiang and China. While Heilongjiang and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Qingan's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Qingan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.06 to 2.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qingan ranked 20th out of 67 cities in Heilongjiang and 197th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in China
345th of 1843
Rank in Heilongjiang
14th of 67

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in China
197th of 1843
Rank in Heilongjiang
20th of 67

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QinganMukubuQingtian

In new street additions, Qingan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mukubu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Qingtian built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Mukubu and Qingtian both became progressively more disconnected, while Qingan fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Qingan had a more sprawly network than Mukubu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.