Xinyu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xinyu in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XinyuJiangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinyu plotted against Jiangxi and China. While Jiangxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Xinyu's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xinyu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.45 to 2.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinyu ranked 40th out of 82 cities in Jiangxi and 746th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.63
Rank in China
613th of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
31st of 82

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in China
746th of 1843
Rank in Jiangxi
40th of 82

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XinyuKuninganBristol

While Kuningan and Bristol both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Xinyu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kuningan and Bristol both became progressively more disconnected, while Xinyu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Xinyu and Bristol have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.