Jinggu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jinggu in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JingguYunnan (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jinggu plotted against Yunnan and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jinggu's incremental SNDi rose from 1.74 to 2.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jinggu ranked 9th out of 78 cities in Yunnan and 321st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in China
579th of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
23rd of 78

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in China
321st of 1843
Rank in Yunnan
9th of 78

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

What about similarly populated cities?

091827<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
091827<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JingguNanaimoChirimiri

In new street additions, Jinggu and Nanaimo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chirimiri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jinggu fluctuated in connectivity, while Nanaimo became progressively more disconnected and Chirimiri fluctuated in connectivity. Jinggu and Nanaimo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.