Zhoucun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zhoucun in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZhoucunShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zhoucun plotted against Shandong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Zhoucun peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Shandong which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Zhoucun's incremental SNDi fell from 2.12 to 1.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zhoucun ranked 43rd out of 124 cities in Shandong and 248th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.96
Rank in China
227th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
29th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.04
Rank in China
248th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
43rd of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Zhoucunshblnj@Legazpi

In new street additions, Zhoucun built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while شبلنجة built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Legazpi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Zhoucun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while شبلنجة became progressively more disconnected and Legazpi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.