Shipu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Shipu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shipu plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Shipu fell steadily, 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, Shipu's incremental SNDi fell from 4.68 to 3.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shipu ranked 110th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1787th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.62
- Rank in China
- 1207th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 78th of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.89
- Rank in China
- 1787th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 110th of 116
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Quyang, China
- Nhamatanda, Mozambique
- Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir
- Hartishek, Ethiopia
- Çarşamba, Turkey
- Glazov, Russia
In new street additions, Shipu built increasingly connected streets over time, while Quyang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Hartishek fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Shipu became progressively more connected, while Quyang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Hartishek became progressively more disconnected. Shipu and Quyang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.