Gucheng in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gucheng in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuchengHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gucheng plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Gucheng 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, Gucheng's incremental SNDi fell from 3.22 to 3.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gucheng ranked 60th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 942nd out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in China
916th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
55th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in China
942nd of 1843
Rank in Hebei
60th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuchengSixianAllen

In new street additions, Gucheng and Allen both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sixian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Gucheng became progressively more disconnected, while Sixian fluctuated in connectivity and Allen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Gucheng and Sixian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.