Wangqing in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wangqing in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wangqing plotted against Jilin and China. While Jilin and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Wangqing's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Wangqing's incremental SNDi rose from 1.47 to 2.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wangqing ranked 15th out of 47 cities in Jilin and 510th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.06
Rank in China
278th of 1843
Rank in Jilin
13th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in China
510th of 1843
Rank in Jilin
15th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WangqingSheqiSatar Halt

In new street additions, Wangqing and Sheqi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Satar Halt built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Wangqing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Sheqi fluctuated in connectivity and Satar Halt grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Wangqing and Sheqi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.