Manzhouli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Manzhouli in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManzhouliNei Mongol (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manzhouli plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Manzhouli peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Nei Mongol which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Manzhouli's incremental SNDi fell from 2.83 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manzhouli ranked 10th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 656th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in China
300th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
3rd of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in China
656th of 1843
Rank in Nei Mongol
10th of 43

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManzhouliPulandianHachinohe

In new street additions, Manzhouli built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Pulandian built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Hachinohe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Manzhouli and Hachinohe both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Pulandian became progressively more disconnected. Manzhouli and Pulandian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.