Xingning in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xingning in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xingning plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Xingning's incremental SNDi rose from 4.19 to 4.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xingning ranked 105th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1648th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.78
- Rank in China
- 1587th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 97th of 133
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.46
- Rank in China
- 1648th of 1843
- Rank in Guangdong
- 105th of 133
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Xingning and Gresik both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Haifa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Gresik and Haifa both became progressively more disconnected, while Xingning fluctuated in connectivity. Xingning and Haifa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.