Pingyin in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pingyin in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pingyin plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Pingyin 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, Pingyin's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pingyin ranked 41st out of 124 cities in Shandong and 239th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.65
- Rank in China
- 630th of 1843
- Rank in Shandong
- 66th of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.01
- Rank in China
- 239th of 1843
- Rank in Shandong
- 41st of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Sinchon, North Korea
- Zhodzina, Belarus
- Ninh Bình, Vietnam
- Kyaukpyu, Myanmar
- Achotnica, Belarus
In new street additions, Pingyin built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Montego Bay built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ninh Bình built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Pingyin and Montego Bay both became progressively more disconnected, while Ninh Bình grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.