Xiping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xiping in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XipingJiangsu (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xiping plotted against Jiangsu and China. While Jiangsu and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Xiping's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xiping's incremental SNDi rose from 3.49 to 6.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xiping ranked 99th out of 101 cities in Jiangsu as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.92
Rank in Jiangsu
100th of 101

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.66
Rank in Jiangsu
99th of 101

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XipingJinhae-guPweto

In new street additions, Xiping and Jinhae-gu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pweto built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Xiping fluctuated in connectivity, while Jinhae-gu became progressively more disconnected and Pweto became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.