Xianhu Economic Development Zone in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xianhu Economic Development Zone in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xianhu Economic Development ZoneGuangxi (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xianhu Economic Development Zone plotted against Guangxi and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xianhu Economic Development Zone followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Guangxi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xianhu Economic Development Zone's incremental SNDi rose from 2.61 to 3.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xianhu Economic Development Zone ranked 16th out of 63 cities in Guangxi and 752nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in China
898th of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
21st of 63

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in China
752nd of 1843
Rank in Guangxi
16th of 63

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xianhu Economic Development ZoneNenmaraPipra

In new street additions, Xianhu Economic Development Zone fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nenmara built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Pipra fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Xianhu Economic Development Zone fluctuated in connectivity, while Nenmara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Pipra fluctuated in connectivity. Xianhu Economic Development Zone and Pipra have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.