Jiaxing in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jiaxing in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JiaxingZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jiaxing plotted against Zhejiang and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jiaxing's incremental SNDi rose from 2.48 to 2.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jiaxing ranked 49th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 736th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in China
832nd of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
55th of 116

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in China
736th of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
49th of 116

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JiaxingOshogboFergana

While Oshogbo and Fergana both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jiaxing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Jiaxing and Oshogbo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.