Jingyang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jingyang in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jingyang plotted against Shaanxi and China. While Shaanxi and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Jingyang's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jingyang's incremental SNDi rose from 2.01 to 6.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jingyang ranked 22nd out of 62 cities in Shaanxi and 641st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.37
Rank in China
1756th of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
60th of 62

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in China
641st of 1843
Rank in Shaanxi
22nd of 62

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JingyangXinxuPhatthalung

In new street additions, Jingyang and Phatthalung both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Xinxu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Jingyang had a more sprawly network than Xinxu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.