Wenshang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wenshang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wenshang plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wenshang 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, Wenshang's incremental SNDi fell from 1.78 to 1.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wenshang ranked 17th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 79th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.75
- Rank in China
- 140th of 1843
- Rank in Shandong
- 22nd of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.65
- Rank in China
- 79th of 1843
- Rank in Shandong
- 17th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Wenshang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Vaikom built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Shahr-e Kord built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Wenshang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Vaikom became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Shahr-e Kord became progressively more disconnected. Wenshang and Shahr-e Kord have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.