Xinxing in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xinxing in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XinxingGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinxing plotted against Guangdong and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Xinxing's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinxing ranked 9th out of 133 cities in Guangdong as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in Guangdong
11th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in Guangdong
9th of 133

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
XinxingHohoeOlathe

In new street additions, Xinxing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hohoe built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Olathe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Xinxing and Hohoe both became progressively more disconnected, while Olathe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Xinxing and Hohoe have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.