Jinxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jinxian in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JinxianJiangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jinxian plotted against Jiangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jinxian peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Jiangxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jinxian's incremental SNDi fell from 3.05 to 2.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jinxian ranked 51st out of 82 cities in Jiangxi and 973rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in China
402nd of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
21st of 82

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in China
973rd of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
51st of 82

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
JinxianColonOstrava

In new street additions, Jinxian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Colón built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ostrava fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Colón and Ostrava both became progressively more disconnected, while Jinxian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Jinxian and Colón have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.