王瓜店街道 in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wang Gua Dian Jie Dao 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
Wang Gua Dian Jie Dao Shandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 王瓜店街道 plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in 王瓜店街道 fell steadily, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, 王瓜店街道's incremental SNDi fell from 2.04 to 1.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 王瓜店街道 ranked 40th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 238th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.83
Rank in China
172nd of 1843
Rank in Shandong
25th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in China
238th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
40th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Wang Gua Dian Jie Dao PakribarawanHezuo

In new street additions, 王瓜店街道 built increasingly connected streets over time, while Pakribarawan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hezuo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, 王瓜店街道 became progressively more connected, while Pakribarawan became progressively more disconnected and Hezuo became progressively more disconnected. 王瓜店街道 and Pakribarawan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.