Huiminxiang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Huiminxiang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huiminxiang plotted against Chongqing and China. The SNDi of new construction in Huiminxiang peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Huiminxiang's incremental SNDi fell from 13.54 to 11.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huiminxiang ranked 46th out of 47 cities in Chongqing and 1842nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 11.95
- Rank in China
- 1835th of 1843
- Rank in Chongqing
- 46th of 47
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 12.05
- Rank in China
- 1842nd of 1843
- Rank in Chongqing
- 46th of 47
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Celaya, México
- Sonipat, India
- Hrodna, Belarus
- Brest, Belarus
- Bata, Equatorial Guinea
- Hat Yai, Thailand
In new street additions, Huiminxiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Celaya built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Brest fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Huiminxiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Celaya became progressively more disconnected and Brest became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.