Chumen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chumen in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChumenZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chumen plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Chumen peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Zhejiang which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chumen's incremental SNDi fell from 4.4 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chumen ranked 96th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1660th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.13
Rank in China
1444th of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
93rd of 116

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.52
Rank in China
1660th of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
96th of 116

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChumenKebonanMusoma

In new street additions, Chumen and Musoma both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kebonan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Chumen and Musoma both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kebonan became progressively more disconnected.