Xingren in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Xingren in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xingren plotted against Guizhou and China. The SNDi of new construction in Xingren rose steadily, compared to Guizhou which peaked in 1976-1990 and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xingren's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 2.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xingren ranked 9th out of 41 cities in Guizhou and 425th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.87
- Rank in China
- 790th of 1843
- Rank in Guizhou
- 12th of 41
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.29
- Rank in China
- 425th of 1843
- Rank in Guizhou
- 9th of 41
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Xingren, Go Cong, and Ataye all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Xingren and Ataye have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.