Jingxian in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jingxian in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JingxianHebei (Region)China (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jingxian plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Jingxian was at its lowest 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, Jingxian's incremental SNDi rose from 2.49 to 2.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jingxian ranked 35th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 621st out of 1843 in China as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.53
Rank in China
534th of 1843
Rank in Hebei
25th of 120

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in China
621st of 1843
Rank in Hebei
35th of 120

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JingxianHerefordBhatara

In new street additions, Jingxian built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Hereford fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bhatara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jingxian became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Hereford became progressively more disconnected and Bhatara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Jingxian and Hereford have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.