Qianku in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Qianku in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Qianku plotted against Zhejiang and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Qianku's incremental SNDi rose from 3.36 to 3.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Qianku ranked 80th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1322nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.89
- Rank in China
- 1351st of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 86th of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.42
- Rank in China
- 1322nd of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 80th 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, Qianku fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ashoknagar fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bengkalis built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Qianku fluctuated in connectivity, while Ashoknagar fluctuated in connectivity and Bengkalis became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Qianku had a more sprawly network than Bengkalis in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.