Zijingshan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zijingshan in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZijingshanShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zijingshan plotted against Shandong and China. While Shandong and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Zijingshan's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Zijingshan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.58 to 4.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zijingshan ranked 102nd out of 124 cities in Shandong and 1199th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.36
Rank in China
1499th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
115th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in China
1199th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
102nd of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZijingshanSanta RosaKatsiro

In new street additions, Zijingshan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Santa Rosa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Katsiro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Zijingshan and Santa Rosa both became progressively more disconnected, while Katsiro became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Zijingshan and Santa Rosa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.