Xinxu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xinxu in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
XinxuGuangdong (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xinxu plotted against Guangdong and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xinxu rose steadily, compared to Guangdong which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xinxu's incremental SNDi rose from 3.38 to 6.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xinxu ranked 80th out of 133 cities in Guangdong and 1312th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.25
Rank in China
1753rd of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
118th of 133

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in China
1312th of 1843
Rank in Guangdong
80th 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
XinxuBraja AsriJingyang

In new street additions, Xinxu and Braja Asri both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jingyang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Xinxu had a more connected network than Braja Asri in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.