Beibei in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Beibei in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Beibei plotted against Chongqing and China. The SNDi of new construction in Beibei peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Chongqing which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Beibei's incremental SNDi fell from 5.56 to 5.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Beibei ranked 39th out of 47 cities in Chongqing and 1779th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.37
- Rank in China
- 1689th of 1843
- Rank in Chongqing
- 35th of 47
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.68
- Rank in China
- 1779th of 1843
- Rank in Chongqing
- 39th of 47
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Maturin, Venezuela
- Gorontalo, Indonesia
- Gulin, China
- Jiaozhou, China
- Adama, Ethiopia
- North Richland Hills, United States
While Maturin and Jiaozhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Beibei built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Maturin and Jiaozhou both became progressively more disconnected, while Beibei grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Beibei and Maturin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.