Xinjia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xinjia in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XinjiaShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinjia plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xinjia rose steadily, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xinjia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.15 to 3.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinjia ranked 88th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 875th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in China
1103rd of 1843
Rank in Shandong
97th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in China
875th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
88th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XinjiaDumkaPacitan

In new street additions, Xinjia built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dumka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pacitan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Xinjia and Dumka have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.