Dexing in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dexing in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dexing plotted against Jiangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Dexing rose steadily, compared to Jiangxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dexing's incremental SNDi rose from 2.91 to 3.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dexing ranked 53rd out of 82 cities in Jiangxi and 1057th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.55
- Rank in China
- 1173rd of 1843
- Rank in Jiangxi
- 63rd of 82
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.03
- Rank in China
- 1057th of 1843
- Rank in Jiangxi
- 53rd of 82
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Dexing, Tiaong, and Titlagarh all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Dexing and Tiaong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.