Guantao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Guantao in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuantaoHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guantao plotted against Hebei and China. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Guantao's incremental SNDi rose from 1.97 to 2.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guantao ranked 6th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 229th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.04
Rank in China
265th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
10th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in China
229th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
6th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuantaoFnideqWum

In new street additions, Guantao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fnideq built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Wum built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Guantao fluctuated in connectivity, while Fnideq became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Wum became progressively more disconnected. Guantao and Fnideq have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.