Pingxiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pingxiang in context

3.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PingxiangJiangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pingxiang plotted against Jiangxi and China. While Jiangxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Pingxiang's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Pingxiang's incremental SNDi rose from 3.28 to 3.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pingxiang ranked 67th out of 82 cities in Jiangxi and 1379th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in China
1177th of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
65th of 82

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in China
1379th of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
67th of 82

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PingxiangBalliaFatehpur

While Ballia and Fatehpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Pingxiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ballia and Fatehpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Pingxiang fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Pingxiang had a more sprawly network than Ballia in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.