卞庄 in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bian Zhuang in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bian Zhuang Anhui (Region)China (Country)

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?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bian Zhuang QardhoHidalgo del Parral

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.