Lingqiu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lingqiu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lingqiu plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Lingqiu peaked 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, Lingqiu's incremental SNDi fell from 3.97 to 3.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lingqiu ranked 62nd out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1441st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.7
- Rank in China
- 1250th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 59th of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.65
- Rank in China
- 1441st of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 62nd of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Huanren and Hour both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Lingqiu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Huanren and Hour both became progressively more disconnected, while Lingqiu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lingqiu and Huanren have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.