Shangjie in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shangjie in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShangjieHenan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shangjie plotted against Henan and China. While Henan and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Shangjie's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Shangjie's incremental SNDi rose from 2.1 to 2.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shangjie ranked 52nd out of 129 cities in Henan and 375th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in China
368th of 1843
Rank in Henan
53rd of 129

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in China
375th of 1843
Rank in Henan
52nd of 129

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShangjieBhandaraDemba

In new street additions, Shangjie and Bhandara both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Demba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Shangjie became progressively more connected, while Bhandara fluctuated in connectivity and Demba became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Shangjie and Bhandara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.