Shaxi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shaxi in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShaxiJiangsu (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shaxi plotted against Jiangsu and China. While Jiangsu and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Shaxi's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shaxi's incremental SNDi rose from 2.47 to 2.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shaxi ranked 30th out of 101 cities in Jiangsu and 456th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in China
549th of 1843
Rank in Jiangsu
36th of 101

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in China
456th of 1843
Rank in Jiangsu
30th of 101

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShaxiSheiriaAmuntai

In new street additions, Shaxi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sheiria fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Amuntai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Shaxi and Amuntai both became progressively more disconnected, while Sheiria fluctuated in connectivity. Shaxi and Sheiria have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.