Cixian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cixian in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CixianHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cixian plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Cixian peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Hebei which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cixian's incremental SNDi fell from 3.51 to 2.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cixian ranked 53rd out of 120 cities in Hebei and 841st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in China
745th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
41st of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in China
841st of 1843
Rank in Hebei
53rd of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CixianSaghattaPuli Khumri

In new street additions, Cixian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Saghatta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Puli Khumri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Cixian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Saghatta became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Puli Khumri became progressively more disconnected. Cixian and Puli Khumri have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.