Linshu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Linshu 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
LinshuShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Linshu plotted against Shandong and China. While Shandong and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Linshu's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Linshu's incremental SNDi rose from 1.85 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Linshu ranked 37th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 226th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in China
557th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
59th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in China
226th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
37th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinshuRamanathapuram`Amran

In new street additions, Linshu and `Amran both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ramanathapuram built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Linshu and Ramanathapuram both became progressively more disconnected, while `Amran fluctuated in connectivity. Linshu and Ramanathapuram have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.