Haizhou District in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Haizhou District in context

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
Haizhou DistrictJiangsu (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Haizhou District plotted against Jiangsu and China. While Jiangsu and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Haizhou District's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Haizhou District's incremental SNDi rose from 2.25 to 3.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haizhou District ranked 72nd out of 101 cities in Jiangsu and 1175th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in China
924th of 1843
Rank in Jiangsu
57th of 101

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in China
1175th of 1843
Rank in Jiangsu
72nd of 101

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Haizhou DistrictJeparaGujrat

While Jepara and Gujrat both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Haizhou District fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Jepara and Gujrat both became progressively more disconnected, while Haizhou District grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Haizhou District had a more sprawly network than Gujrat in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.