Anguo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Anguo in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AnguoHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Anguo plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Anguo's incremental SNDi rose from 1.92 to 2.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anguo ranked 10th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 317th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in China
396th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
17th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.16
Rank in China
317th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
10th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AnguoNaghadehLwambo

In new street additions, Anguo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Naghadeh built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Lwambo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Anguo fluctuated in connectivity, while Naghadeh became progressively more disconnected and Lwambo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Anguo had a more sprawly network than Naghadeh in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.