Wuqing in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wuqing in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WuqingTianjin (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wuqing plotted against Tianjin and China. While Tianjin and China both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Wuqing's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wuqing's incremental SNDi rose from 3.08 to 3.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wuqing ranked 8th out of 16 cities in Tianjin and 1162nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in China
1015th of 1843
Rank in Tianjin
7th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in China
1162nd of 1843
Rank in Tianjin
8th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WuqingMassawaGuankou

In new street additions, Wuqing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Massawa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Guankou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Wuqing fluctuated in connectivity, while Massawa became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Guankou fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Wuqing had a more connected network than Massawa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.