Jinhua in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jinhua 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
JinhuaZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jinhua plotted against Zhejiang and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jinhua's incremental SNDi rose from 2.2 to 2.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jinhua ranked 22nd out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 382nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in China
381st of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
20th of 116

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in China
382nd of 1843
Rank in Zhejiang
22nd of 116

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JinhuaAstanaBobo-Dioulasso

In new street additions, Jinhua and Bobo-Dioulasso both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Astana built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Jinhua fluctuated in connectivity, while Astana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bobo-Dioulasso became progressively more disconnected. Jinhua and Astana have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.