Linqu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Linqu in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinquShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Linqu plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Linqu rose steadily, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Linqu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.32 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Linqu ranked 59th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 373rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in China
448th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
46th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in China
373rd of 1843
Rank in Shandong
59th of 124

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
LinquAcariguaKatni

Linqu, Acarigua, and Katni all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Linqu and Acarigua have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.