Binhai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Binhai in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BinhaiJiangsu (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Binhai plotted against Jiangsu and China. While Jiangsu and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Binhai's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Binhai's incremental SNDi rose from 2.5 to 2.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Binhai ranked 46th out of 101 cities in Jiangsu and 788th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in China
675th of 1843
Rank in Jiangsu
47th of 101

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in China
788th of 1843
Rank in Jiangsu
46th of 101

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BinhaiKuala TerengganuAreraj

In new street additions, Binhai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kuala Terengganu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Areraj built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Kuala Terengganu and Areraj both became progressively more disconnected, while Binhai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Binhai and Kuala Terengganu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.