Jingzhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jingzhou in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jingzhou plotted against Hunan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jingzhou peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Hunan which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jingzhou's incremental SNDi fell from 2.3 to 1.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jingzhou ranked 21st out of 89 cities in Hunan and 512th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.72
- Rank in China
- 127th of 1843
- Rank in Hunan
- 9th of 89
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.4
- Rank in China
- 512th of 1843
- Rank in Hunan
- 21st of 89
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Jingzhou and Linwu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Maynaguri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jingzhou and Linwu both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Maynaguri became progressively more disconnected. Jingzhou and Linwu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.