Pianguan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pianguan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pianguan plotted against Shanxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Pianguan followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Pianguan's incremental SNDi fell from 5.84 to 2.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pianguan ranked 75th out of 80 cities in Shanxi and 1623rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.98
- Rank in China
- 870th of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 43rd of 80
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.3
- Rank in China
- 1623rd of 1843
- Rank in Shanxi
- 75th of 80
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Campana, Argentina
- Danwar, India
- Santo Ângelo, Brazil
- Qikou, China
- Minusinsk, Russia
- Tuanfeng, China
In new street additions, Pianguan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Campana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Qikou built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Pianguan fluctuated in connectivity, while Campana became progressively more disconnected and Qikou became progressively more connected. Pianguan and Qikou have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.