Dashimiao in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Dashimiao in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dashimiao plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Dashimiao 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, Dashimiao's incremental SNDi fell from 4.47 to 4.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dashimiao ranked 111th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1596th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.0
- Rank in China
- 1402nd of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 89th of 120
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.19
- Rank in China
- 1596th of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 111th of 120
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Dashimiao built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gazole built increasingly disconnected streets over time and 超化 built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Dashimiao grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gazole became progressively more disconnected and 超化 became progressively more connected. Dashimiao and Gazole have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.