Suining: city in Jiangsu, China
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Suining, China on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Suining as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.39, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 2.26, 2.74, 2.28 and 2.1. Street construction in Suining increased in disconnectivity initially but has since improved. The streets constructed in 1976-1990 were the most disconnected.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Suining spans a total of 299 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed in 2001-2014. These roads have an SNDi of 2.1, which is relatively well-connected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are 2.26, 2.53, 2.46 and 2.39. The aggregate street network in Suining increased in disconnectivity initially,but the trend has turned around after 1990.
Suining and Jiangsu do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi in Suining peaked in 1976-1990, while the SNDi of street constructions in Jiangsu followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
How do development practices in Suining fare in comparison to others in Jiangsu? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Suining was the 32nd-most disconnected out of the 87 cities in Jiangsu. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Jiangsu, street construction in Suining has become more connected. Suining ranked 16th in 1975, 21st in 1976-1990, 26th in 1991-2000 and 32nd in 2001-2014.
Suining and China do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi in Suining peaked in 1976-1990, while the SNDi of street constructions in China followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease.
Suining and Jiangsu follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these peaked in 1976-1990.
To date, Suining is the 23rd-most disconnected out of the 87 cities in Jiangsu. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Jiangsu, the street network in Suining has become more connected. Suining ranked 16th in 1975, 21st in 1976-1990, 18th in 1991-2000 and 23rd in 2001-2014.
Suining and China follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these peaked in 1976-1990.
As of 2015, Suining had a built-up area of 44.47 square kilometers, and a population of 253616 people.
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