Hengshui in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hengshui in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HengshuiHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hengshui plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Hengshui peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Hengshui's incremental SNDi fell from 5.11 to 4.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hengshui ranked 115th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 1655th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.53
Rank in China
1541st of 1843
Rank in Hebei
104th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.48
Rank in China
1655th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
115th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HengshuiValparaiso de GoiasMathura

While Valparaíso de Goiás and Mathura both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Hengshui built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Hengshui had a more connected network than Mathura in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.