Caoxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Caoxian in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caoxian plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Caoxian peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Caoxian's incremental SNDi fell from 3.76 to 3.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caoxian ranked 114th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 1420th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.32
- Rank in China
- 1058th of 1843
- Rank in Shandong
- 93rd of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.6
- Rank in China
- 1420th of 1843
- Rank in Shandong
- 114th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Raqqa, Syria
- Dodoma, Tanzania
- Ash Sharai, Saudi Arabia
- Shuangyashan, China
- Sampit, Indonesia
- Dosso, Niger
In new street additions, Caoxian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Raqqa built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Shuangyashan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Raqqa and Shuangyashan both became progressively more disconnected, while Caoxian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Caoxian and Shuangyashan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.