Wenling in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wenling in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wenling plotted against Zhejiang and China. The SNDi of new construction in Wenling peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Wenling's incremental SNDi fell from 3.8 to 3.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wenling ranked 89th out of 116 cities in Zhejiang and 1491st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.77
- Rank in China
- 1298th of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 81st of 116
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.79
- Rank in China
- 1491st of 1843
- Rank in Zhejiang
- 89th 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, Wenling built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Liaoyuan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tawau built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Liaoyuan and Tawau both became progressively more disconnected, while Wenling grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.