Licheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Licheng in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Licheng plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Licheng peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Licheng's incremental SNDi fell from 3.47 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Licheng ranked 49th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1247th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.75
- Rank in China
- 694th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 34th of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.3
- Rank in China
- 1247th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 49th of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
- Nikki, Benin
- Formiga, Brazil
- Chutmalpur, India
- Antsiranana, Madagascar
- Dekese, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In new street additions, Licheng and Sault Ste. Marie both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Chutmalpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Sault Ste. Marie and Chutmalpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Licheng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Licheng and Sault Ste. Marie have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.