Qingjiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Qingjiang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qingjiang plotted against Sichuan and China. The SNDi of new construction in Qingjiang followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Sichuan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Qingjiang's incremental SNDi rose from 4.08 to 9.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qingjiang ranked 98th out of 98 cities in Sichuan and 1839th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.51
- Rank in China
- 1824th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 98th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.95
- Rank in China
- 1839th of 1843
- Rank in Sichuan
- 98th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Orlamish, Afghanistan
- Mbulula, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kabala, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Xinji, China
- Tanene, Guinea
- Niono-Socoura, Mali
In new street additions, Qingjiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Orlamish built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Xinji built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Qingjiang fluctuated in connectivity, while Orlamish became progressively more connected and Xinji became progressively more disconnected. Qingjiang and Orlamish have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.