Shanting in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shanting in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShantingShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shanting plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shanting rose steadily, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shanting's incremental SNDi rose from 3.25 to 4.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shanting ranked 110th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 1365th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.03
Rank in China
1411th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
108th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in China
1365th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
110th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShantingRosenheimDatong

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