Jinxiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jinxiang in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JinxiangZhejiang (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jinxiang plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jinxiang was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Jinxiang's incremental SNDi rose from 3.68 to 4.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jinxiang ranked 90th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.76
Rank in Zhejiang
102nd of 116

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.83
Rank in Zhejiang
90th of 116

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JinxiangMobilePinrang

While Mobile and Pinrang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Jinxiang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Mobile and Pinrang both became progressively more disconnected, while Jinxiang became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Jinxiang and Pinrang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.