Zoucheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zoucheng in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZouchengShandong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zoucheng plotted against Shandong and China. While Shandong and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Zoucheng's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Zoucheng's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 3.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zoucheng ranked 89th out of 124 cities in Shandong and 890th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in China
889th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
85th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.84
Rank in China
890th of 1843
Rank in Shandong
89th of 124

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZouchengBuffaloRiverside

While Buffalo and Riverside both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Zoucheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Buffalo and Riverside both became progressively more disconnected, while Zoucheng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Zoucheng and Riverside have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.