Shenxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shenxian in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShenxianShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shenxian plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shenxian followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shenxian's incremental SNDi fell from 4.99 to 4.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shenxian ranked 118th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 1608th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in China
1489th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
114th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.23
Rank in China
1608th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
118th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShenxianMaraghaHuelva

In new street additions, Shenxian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Maragha built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Huelva built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Shenxian became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Maragha became progressively more disconnected and Huelva grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Shenxian and Huelva have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.