Jianping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jianping in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JianpingLiaoning (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jianping plotted against Liaoning and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jianping peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Liaoning which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jianping's incremental SNDi fell from 2.67 to 2.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jianping ranked 55th out of 61 cities in Liaoning and 1529th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.05
Rank in China
274th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
14th of 61

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.92
Rank in China
1529th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
55th of 61

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
JianpingPunta ArenasBanja Luka

While Punta Arenas and Banja Luka both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jianping built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Punta Arenas and Banja Luka both became progressively more disconnected, while Jianping grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Jianping had a more sprawly network than Banja Luka in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.