Linzhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Linzhou in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinzhouHenan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Linzhou plotted against Henan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Linzhou peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Henan which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Linzhou's incremental SNDi fell from 2.5 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Linzhou ranked 63rd out of 129 cities in Henan and 515th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in China
488th of 1843
Rank in Henan
68th of 129

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in China
515th of 1843
Rank in Henan
63rd of 129

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinzhouDurgachakBadarpur

In new street additions, Linzhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Durgachak fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Badarpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.