Lili in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lili in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lili plotted against Jiangsu and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lili peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Jiangsu which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lili's incremental SNDi fell from 4.76 to 4.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lili ranked 97th out of 101 cities in Jiangsu and 1709th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.7
- Rank in China
- 1578th of 1843
- Rank in Jiangsu
- 96th of 101
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.85
- Rank in China
- 1709th of 1843
- Rank in Jiangsu
- 97th of 101
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
- Irgalem, Ethiopia
- Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
- Shaistaganj, Bangladesh
- Biskra, Algeria
- Chidambaram, India
In new street additions, Lili built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Anantnag built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Shaistaganj built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Anantnag and Shaistaganj both became progressively more disconnected, while Lili grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Lili and Anantnag have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.