卞庄 in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bian Zhuang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with 卞庄 plotted against Anhui and China. The SNDi of new construction in 卞庄 followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Anhui which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, 卞庄's incremental SNDi rose from 4.28 to 8.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, 卞庄 ranked 71st out of 74 cities in Anhui and 1752nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.22
- Rank in China
- 1812th of 1843
- Rank in Anhui
- 74th of 74
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.34
- Rank in China
- 1752nd of 1843
- Rank in Anhui
- 71st of 74
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Qardho, Somalia
- Kuala Kapuas, Indonesia
- Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Hidalgo del Parral, México
- Meishan, China
- New Bedford, United States
In new street additions, 卞庄 fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Qardho built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Hidalgo del Parral built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, 卞庄 fluctuated in connectivity, while Qardho became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Hidalgo del Parral became progressively more disconnected. 卞庄 and Qardho have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.