Jishou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jishou in context

3.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JishouHunan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jishou plotted against Hunan and China. While Hunan and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Jishou's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jishou's incremental SNDi rose from 3.3 to 3.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jishou ranked 67th out of 89 cities in Hunan and 1433rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.95
Rank in China
1384th of 1843
Rank in Hunan
71st of 89

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in China
1433rd of 1843
Rank in Hunan
67th of 89

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
JishouAtyrauShancheng

In new street additions, Jishou and Shancheng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Atyrau built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Jishou fluctuated in connectivity, while Atyrau grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Shancheng became progressively more disconnected.