Jiexiu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jiexiu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jiexiu plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jiexiu was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Shanxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jiexiu's incremental SNDi rose from 1.6 to 1.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jiexiu ranked 21st out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 541st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.77
- Rank in China
- 146th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 6th of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.44
- Rank in China
- 541st of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 21st of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Jiexiu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Suq al Shyukh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Afikpo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Jiexiu became progressively more connected, while Suq al Shyukh fluctuated in connectivity and Afikpo became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Jiexiu had a more sprawly network than Suq al Shyukh in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.