Lingcheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lingcheng 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
LingchengShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lingcheng plotted against Shandong and China. While Shandong and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Lingcheng's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lingcheng's incremental SNDi rose from 3.61 to 4.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lingcheng ranked 106th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 1355th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.26
Rank in China
1476th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
113th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in China
1355th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
106th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LingchengNew HavenPupri

While New Haven and Pupri both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Lingcheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Lingcheng and New Haven have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.