Daoxu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Daoxu in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DaoxuZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Daoxu plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Daoxu 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, Daoxu's incremental SNDi fell from 6.13 to 5.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Daoxu ranked 112th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1795th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.96
Rank in China
1739th of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
113th of 116

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.19
Rank in China
1795th of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
112th of 116

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DaoxuKamianets-PodilskyiSefrou

While Kamianets-Podilskyi and Sefrou both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Daoxu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kamianets-Podilskyi and Sefrou both became progressively more disconnected, while Daoxu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.