Damaiyu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Damaiyu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Damaiyu plotted against Zhejiang and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Damaiyu's incremental SNDi rose from 6.53 to 8.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Damaiyu ranked 113th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1809th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.34
- Rank in China
- 1813th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 115th of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.62
- Rank in China
- 1809th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 113th of 116
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Damaiyu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Luncang built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kuznetsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Damaiyu and Kuznetsk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.