Jianli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jianli in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jianli plotted against Hubei and China. While Hubei and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Jianli's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jianli's incremental SNDi rose from 1.38 to 1.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jianli ranked 2nd out of 77 cities in Hubei and 31st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.78
Rank in China
152nd of 1843
Rank in Hubei
5th of 77

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.41
Rank in China
31st of 1843
Rank in Hubei
2nd of 77

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JianliKoliwarKhujand

While Koliwar and Khujand both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Jianli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Koliwar and Khujand both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Jianli fluctuated in connectivity.