Qipanjing in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Qipanjing in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qipanjing plotted against Nei Mongol and China. The SNDi of new construction in Qipanjing fell steadily, compared to Nei Mongol which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Qipanjing's incremental SNDi fell from 3.16 to 2.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qipanjing ranked 13th out of 43 cities in Nei Mongol and 798th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.17
- Rank in China
- 322nd of 1843
- Rank in Nei Mongol
- 5th of 43
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.75
- Rank in China
- 798th of 1843
- Rank in Nei Mongol
- 13th of 43
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Itapetinga, Brazil
- Kalitheerthalkuppam, India
- Valença, Brazil
- Jieshi, China
- Paranavaí, Brazil
- Nahrin, Afghanistan
In new street additions, Qipanjing built increasingly connected streets over time, while Itapetinga built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Jieshi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Qipanjing became progressively more connected, while Itapetinga became progressively more disconnected and Jieshi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Qipanjing had a more sprawly network than Jieshi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.