Dong in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dong in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dong plotted against Sichuan and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dong's incremental SNDi rose from 4.15 to 5.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dong ranked 83rd out of 98 cities in Sichuan and 1687th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.43
- Rank in China
- 1698th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 86th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.69
- Rank in China
- 1687th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 83rd of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Malerkotla, India
- Norcross, United States
- Manzanillo, México
- Guoyang, China
- Geelong, Australia
- Rawang, Malaysia
In new street additions, Dong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Malerkotla built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Guoyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Dong fluctuated in connectivity, while Malerkotla became progressively more disconnected and Guoyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.