Xipeng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xipeng in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XipengChongqing (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xipeng plotted against Chongqing and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xipeng 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, Xipeng's incremental SNDi fell from 3.5 to 3.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xipeng ranked 24th out of 47 cities in Chongqing and 1275th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in China
907th of 1843
Rank in Chongqing
16th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.34
Rank in China
1275th of 1843
Rank in Chongqing
24th of 47

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XipengTshimbuluNegele

In new street additions, Xipeng and Tshimbulu both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Negele built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Xipeng and Tshimbulu both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Negele became progressively more disconnected. Xipeng and Tshimbulu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.