Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone plotted against Hubei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Hubei which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone's incremental SNDi rose from 2.88 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone ranked 75th out of 77 cities in Hubei and 1673rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.83
- Rank in China
- 1600th of 1843
- Rank in Hubei
- 74th of 77
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in China
- 1673rd of 1843
- Rank in Hubei
- 75th of 77
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Lahijan, Iran
- Cary, United States
- La Louvière, Belgium
- Luodong, Taiwan
- Sainagar, India
- Ratodero, Pakistan
In new street additions, Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lahijan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Luodong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Panlongcheng Economic Development Zone fluctuated in connectivity, while Lahijan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Luodong became progressively more disconnected.