向塘村 in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xiang Tang Cun in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xiang Tang Cun Jiangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 向塘村 plotted against Jiangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in 向塘村 peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Jiangxi which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, 向塘村's incremental SNDi fell from 3.65 to 3.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 向塘村 ranked 58th out of 82 cities in Jiangxi and 1123rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.11
Rank in China
950th of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
54th of 82

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in China
1123rd of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
58th of 82

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xiang Tang Cun GalwayMitrovica

While Galway and Mitrovica both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, 向塘村 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Galway and Mitrovica both became progressively more disconnected, while 向塘村 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. 向塘村 and Galway have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.