Linfen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Linfen in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Linfen plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Linfen followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Linfen's incremental SNDi fell from 4.28 to 3.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Linfen ranked 44th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1197th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in China
892nd of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
44th of 80

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in China
1197th of 1843
Rank in Shanxi
44th of 80

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinfenKolhapurMudanjiang

In new street additions, Linfen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kolhapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mudanjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Kolhapur and Mudanjiang both became progressively more disconnected, while Linfen fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Linfen had a more sprawly network than Kolhapur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.