Lin in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lin in context

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinShanxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lin plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lin 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, Lin's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 12.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lin ranked 69th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1527th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
12.57
Rank in China
1836th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
80th of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.92
Rank in China
1527th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
69th of 80

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinCatandicaAmbalangoda

In new street additions, Lin built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Catandica built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Ambalangoda built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Lin became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Catandica became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Ambalangoda became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Lin had a more sprawly network than Ambalangoda in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.