WenJiancun in context: Street-network sprawl trends
WenJiancun in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with WenJiancun plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in WenJiancun followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, WenJiancun's incremental SNDi fell from 5.36 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, WenJiancun ranked 109th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1735th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.83
- Rank in China
- 1597th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 103rd of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.13
- Rank in China
- 1735th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 109th 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, WenJiancun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Echizen fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Talesh built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, WenJiancun grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Echizen fluctuated in connectivity and Talesh became progressively more disconnected. WenJiancun and Talesh have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.