Tieling in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tieling in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TielingLiaoning (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tieling plotted against Liaoning and China. The SNDi of new construction in Tieling 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, Tieling's incremental SNDi rose from 4.66 to 9.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tieling ranked 60th out of 61 cities in Liaoning and 1705th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.81
Rank in China
1828th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
61st of 61

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.83
Rank in China
1705th of 1843
Rank in Liaoning
60th of 61

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TielingAl QusiyaJhunjhunu

Tieling, Al Qusiya, and Jhunjhunu all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.