Congyuancun in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Congyuancun in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CongyuancunHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Congyuancun plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Congyuancun's incremental SNDi rose from 2.57 to 5.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Congyuancun ranked 104th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1503rd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.71
Rank in China
1723rd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
118th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.84
Rank in China
1503rd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
104th 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
CongyuancunSukorejoBelen de Escobar

While Sukorejo and Belén de Escobar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Congyuancun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Congyuancun had a more connected network than Sukorejo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.