Qingyuan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Qingyuan 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
QingyuanLiaoning (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qingyuan plotted against Liaoning and China. The SNDi of new construction in Qingyuan rose steadily, 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, Qingyuan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.28 to 4.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qingyuan ranked 19th out of 61 cities in Liaoning and 470th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.25
Rank in China
1474th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
49th of 61

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.35
Rank in China
470th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
19th of 61

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QingyuanMatsusakaFaridpur

In new street additions, Qingyuan and Matsusaka both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Faridpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Qingyuan and Matsusaka both became progressively more disconnected, while Faridpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Qingyuan had a more connected network than Matsusaka in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.