天津经济技术开发区西区 in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 天津经济技术开发区西区 plotted against Tianjin and China. The SNDi of new construction in 天津经济技术开发区西区 peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Tianjin which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, 天津经济技术开发区西区's incremental SNDi fell from 3.79 to 3.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 天津经济技术开发区西区 ranked 12th out of 16 cities in Tianjin and 1341st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Łomża, Poland
• Sirohi, India
• Akşehir, Turkey
• Zóbue, Mozambique
• Banswada, India
• Los Cristianos, Spain

In new street additions, 天津经济技术开发区西区 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Łomża built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zóbue built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, 天津经济技术开发区西区 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Łomża became progressively more disconnected and Zóbue became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.