Binhai New Area in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Binhai New Area in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Binhai New AreaTianjin (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Binhai New Area plotted against Tianjin and China. While Tianjin and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Binhai New Area's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Binhai New Area's incremental SNDi rose from 3.46 to 4.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Binhai New Area ranked 14th out of 16 cities in Tianjin and 1522nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.86
Rank in China
1611th of 1843
Rank in Tianjin
15th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in China
1522nd of 1843
Rank in Tianjin
14th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Binhai New AreaLeonJodhpur

In new street additions, Binhai New Area and León both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jodhpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, León and Jodhpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Binhai New Area fluctuated in connectivity. Binhai New Area and León have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.