Mouping in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mouping in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MoupingShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mouping plotted against Shandong and China. While Shandong and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Mouping's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mouping's incremental SNDi rose from 2.09 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mouping ranked 45th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 258th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in China
748th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
74th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.06
Rank in China
258th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
45th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MoupingShaodongLalamusa

In new street additions, Mouping and Shaodong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lalamusa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Mouping and Lalamusa both became progressively more disconnected, while Shaodong fluctuated in connectivity. Mouping and Shaodong have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.