Jining in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jining in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JiningShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jining plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jining was at its lowest 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, Jining's incremental SNDi rose from 2.18 to 2.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jining ranked 68th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 513th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in China
466th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
48th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in China
513th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
68th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JiningCampo GrandeSitamarhi

While Campo Grande and Sitamarhi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jining built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Campo Grande and Sitamarhi both became progressively more disconnected, while Jining became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Jining and Campo Grande have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.