Nancheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nancheng in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NanchengJiangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nancheng plotted against Jiangxi and China. While Jiangxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Nancheng's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nancheng's incremental SNDi rose from 1.78 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nancheng ranked 23rd out of 82 cities in Jiangxi and 522nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in China
505th of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
25th of 82

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in China
522nd of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
23rd of 82

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NanchengSilopiJetpur

In new street additions, Nancheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Silopi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Jetpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Nancheng fluctuated in connectivity, while Silopi became progressively more connected and Jetpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Nancheng had a more connected network than Silopi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.