Jilin City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jilin City in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jilin CityJilin (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jilin City plotted against Jilin and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jilin City rose steadily, compared to Jilin which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jilin City's incremental SNDi rose from 2.4 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jilin City ranked 12th out of 47 cities in Jilin and 270th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in China
670th of 1843
Rank in Jilin
18th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in China
270th of 1843
Rank in Jilin
12th of 47

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
Jilin CityCirebonBeni

While Cirebon and Beni both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Jilin City built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Jilin City had a more sprawly network than Beni in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.