Cangzhou in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cangzhou in context

3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.23.644.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CangzhouHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cangzhou plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Cangzhou's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 3.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cangzhou ranked 91st out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1285th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in China
1334th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
84th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.36
Rank in China
1285th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
91st of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CangzhouAjmerGaroua

In new street additions, Cangzhou and Garoua both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ajmer built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Cangzhou and Ajmer have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.